Aspasmodes

Aspasmodes briggsi is a species of clingfish native to the Seychelles. This species grows to a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2] This species was described by J.L.B. Smith in 1957 from a type collected at La Digue, Seychelles.^[3] The specific name honours the author of a 1955 monograph on the clingfishes, the American ichthyologist John "Jack" C. Briggs (1920-2018) of the University of Florida.^[4]

Aspasmodes
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Aspasmodes J. L. B. Smith, 1957
Species:	A. briggsi
Binomial name
Aspasmodes briggsi J. L. B. Smith, 1957