Briggsia

This article is about the fish genus. For the historically recognized plant genus, see Briggsia (plant).

Briggsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Briggsia
Craig & J. E. Randall, 2009
Species:
B. hastingsi
Binomial name
Briggsia hastingsi

Briggsia is a genus of clingfishes so far only known from Rahah Bay, Oman. The only known member of the genus is Briggsia hastingsi.[2] This species grows to a length of 2.2 centimetres (0.87 in) SL. It was described in 2009 from the only known specimen by Matthew T. Craig and John E. Randall.[3] The generic name honours the clingfish systematicist John Carmon Briggs (1920-2018) of the Georgia Museum of Natural History while the specific name honours Philip A. Hastings of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, who was the PhD supervisor of Matthew T. Craig and who sparked his interest in clingfishes.[4]

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Borsa, P.; Carpenter, K.E.; Jiddawi, N.; Obota, C.; Yahya, S. (2018). "Briggsia hastingsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T118356821A118356824. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T118356821A118356824.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Briggsia hastingsi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Briggsia hastingsi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (7 February 2019). "Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 June 2019.