Notograptus

Notograptus
Notograptus guttatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Plesiopidae
Subfamily:	Acanthoclininae
Genus:	Notograptus Günther, 1867
Type species
Notograptus guttatus Günther, 1867

Notograptus is a genus of marine fish in subclass Actinopterygii and order Perciformes. They are sometimes placed in the monotypic family Notograptidae, or may instead be included in the family Plesiopidae.[1][2] Notograptus supposedly bears a relationship with Acanthoplesiops.[3]

Notograptus contains these species:[4]

• Notograptus gregoryi Whitley, 1941 (Shark-tailed eel blenny)
• Notograptus guttatus Günther, 1867 (Spotted eel blenny)

References

1. Allaby, Michael (2009). "Notograptidae". Notograptidae_A Dictionary of Zoology (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191726958.
2. "Notograptidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
3. Randall D. Mooi & Anthony C. Gill (2004). "Notograptidae, sister to Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae), with comments on biogeography, diet and morphological convergence with Congrogadinae (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (2): 179–205. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00119.x.
4. Nicolas Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Notograptus". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

Further reading

• Mooi, R. D. "Notograptidae." FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific 4 (1999).
• James C. Tyler, C. Lavett Smith "New Species of Blennioid Fish of the Family Notograptidae from Eastern Australia". Academy of Natural Sciences.