# Halidesmus

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Genus of fishes

Halidesmus Halidesmus scapularis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Blenniiformes Family: Pseudochromidae Subfamily: Congrogadinae Genus: Halidesmus Günther, 1872[1] Type species Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872[2] Synonyms[1] Pholioides Nielsen, 1961 Porogrammus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916 Tentaculus Rao & Dutt, 1966

***Halidesmus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [ray-finned fishes](/source/Ray-finned_fishes), the type genus of the [subfamily](/source/Subfamily) [Congrogadinae](/source/Congrogadinae), the eel blennies, part of the [dottyback](/source/Dottyback) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)), [Pseudochromidae](/source/Pseudochromidae). They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as India,[3] with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.[4]

## Species

The following species are classified in the genus *Halidesmus*:[5]

- *[Halidesmus coccus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halidesmus_coccus&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Winterbottom](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Winterbotton_(ichthyologist)&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Randall](/source/John_E._Randall), 1994 (Rooster snakelet)

- *[Halidesmus polytretus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halidesmus_polytretus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Winterbottom, 1982

- *[Halidesmus scapularis](/source/Halidesmus_scapularis)* Günther, 1872 (Snakelet )

- *[Halidesmus socotraensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halidesmus_socotraensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Gill](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony_C._Gill&action=edit&redlink=1) & [Zajonz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uwee_Zajonz&action=edit&redlink=1), 2003 (Socotran snakelet)

- *[Halidesmus thomaseni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halidesmus_thomaseni&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Nielsen, 1961) (Thomasen's snakelet)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) Bailly N, ed. (2014). ["*Halidesmus*"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204331). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species). Retrieved 15 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CoF_2-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["*Halidesmus*"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=3593). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 15 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HT_3-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Halidesmus thomaseni*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Halidesmus&speciesname=thomaseni). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HS_4-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Halidesmus scapularis*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Halidesmus&speciesname=scapularis). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FishBase_5-0)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). [*Halidesmus* "Species in genus '**Halidesmus'**"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2018 version.

Taxon identifiers Halidesmus Wikidata: Q2349419 Wikispecies: Halidesmus BOLD: 140640 CoL: 4SR4 GBIF: 2381768 iNaturalist: 88702 IRMNG: 1346618 ITIS: 171358 NCBI: 1003949 Open Tree of Life: 1048895 WoRMS: 204331

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