Neostethus

Neostethus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae, native to freshwater and brackish habitats in southeast Asia, with the majority of the species restricted to the Philippines.[1]

Neostethus
Neostethus lankesteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Phallostethidae
Subfamily: Phallostethinae
Genus: Neostethus
Regan, 1916
Type species
Neostethus lankesteri
Regan, 1916
Synonyms
  • Plectrostethus G. S. Myers, 1935
  • Ceratostethus G. S. Myers, 1937
  • Ctenophallus Herre, 1939
  • Sandakanus Herre, 1942
  • Solenophallus Herre, 1953

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Neostethus amaricola (Villadolid & Manacop, 1934)
  • Neostethus bicornis Regan, 1916
  • Neostethus borneensis Herre, 1939
  • Neostethus ctenophorus (Aurich, 1937)
  • Neostethus geminus Parenti, 2014[2]
  • Neostethus djajaorum Parenti & Louie, 1998
  • Neostethus lankesteri Regan, 1916
  • Neostethus palawanensis (G. S. Myers, 1935)
  • Neostethus robertsi Parenti, 1989
  • Neostethus thessa (Aurich, 1937)
  • Neostethus villadolidi Herre, 1942
  • Neostethus zamboangae Herre, 1942
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Neostethus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. Parenti, L.R. (2014): A new species of Neostethus (Teleostei; Atherinomorpha; Phallostethidae) from Brunei Darussalam, with comments on northwestern Borneo as an area of endemism. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 175–187.


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