{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = HalidesmusScapularisFord.jpg | image_caption = ''Halidesmus scapularis'' | taxon = Halidesmus | authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1872<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |id=204331 |title=''Halidesmus'' |year=2014 |accessdate=15 October 2018 |db=FishBase}}</ref> | type_species = ''Halidesmus scapularis'' | type_species_authority = Günther, 1872<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=3593|title=''Halidesmus''|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Pholioides'' <small>Nielsen, 1961</small> *''Porogrammus'' <small>[[John Gilchrist (zoologist)|Gilchrist]] & [[William Wardlaw Thompson|Thompson]], 1916</small> *''Tentaculus'' <small>Rao & Dutt, 1966</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = WoRMS/> }} '''''Halidesmus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[ray-finned fishes]], the type genus of the [[subfamily]] [[Congrogadinae]], the eel blennies, part of the [[dottyback]] [[Family (taxonomy)|family]], [[Pseudochromidae]]. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as India,<ref name =HT>{{FishBase|Halidesmus|thomaseni|month=June|year=2018}}</ref> with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.<ref name = HS>{{FishBase|Halidesmus|scapularis|month=June|year=2018}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are classified in the genus ''Halidesmus'':<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase genus|genus=''Halidesmus''|month=June|year=2018}}</ref>
* ''[[Halidesmus coccus]]'' <small>[[Richard Winterbotton (ichthyologist)|Winterbottom]] & [[John E. Randall|Randall]], 1994</small> (Rooster snakelet) * ''[[Halidesmus polytretus]]'' <small>Winterbottom, 1982</small> * ''[[Halidesmus scapularis]]'' <small>Günther, 1872</small> (Snakelet ) * ''[[Halidesmus socotraensis]]'' <small>[[Anthony C. Gill|Gill]] & [[Uwee Zajonz|Zajonz]], 2003</small> (Socotran snakelet) * ''[[Halidesmus thomaseni]]'' <small>(Nielsen, 1961)</small> (Thomasen's snakelet)
==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|From=Q2349419}}
[[Category:Congrogadinae]] [[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]
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