Cerdale

Cerdale
Cerdale ionthas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Microdesminae
Genus:	Cerdale D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
Type species
Cerdale ionthas D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882

Cerdale is a genus of wormfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Cerdale fasciata C. E. Dawson, 1974
• Cerdale floridana Longley, 1934 (Pugjaw wormfish)
• Cerdale ionthas D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Spotted worm goby)
• Cerdale paludicola C. E. Dawson, 1974
• Cerdale prolata C. E. Dawson, 1974

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cerdale". FishBase. December 2013 version.