Lipophrys is a small
genus of
combtooth blennies found in
Atlantic ocean and the
Mediterranean Sea. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae. The
generic name is made up of the
Greek words lipo meaning "want" or "absence" and phrys meaning "eyebrow" referring to the lack of any cirri over the eyes in the
type speciesL. pholis.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized
species in this genus:[3][4][1]
^Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018).
"Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
^Charousset, F. (1986). "Un nouveau poisson trouvé en Mediterranée Lipophrys heuvelmansi nov. spec. (la blennie de Heuvelmans)". Clin Oeil (13): 10–17.