Lepidonectes

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Lepidonectes | authority = W. A. Bussing (ex Rosenblatt), 1991 | type_species = ''Enneapterygius corallicola'' | type_species_authority = Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|genid=10210|title=''Lepidonectes''|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}

'''''Lepidonectes''''' is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

==Species== There are three species currently recognised within ''Lepidonectes'':<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Lepidonectes|month=April|year=2019}}</ref>

* Twinspot triplefin, ''Lepidonectes bimaculata'' Allen & Robertson, 1992 * Signal triplefin, ''Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi'' W. A. Bussing, 1991 * Galapagos triplefin blenny, ''Lepidonectes corallicola'' (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)

==Etymology== The generic name means "scaly swimmer" and refers to the scaled head and body and the scaled patch at the base of the pectoral fin.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | accessdate = 27 May 2019 | date = 29 January 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Lepidonectes Category:Tripterygiidae Category:Taxa named by William Bussing