Halidesmus

Halidesmus is a genus of ray-finned fishes, the type genus of the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as India,^[3] with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.^[4]

Halidesmus
Halidesmus scapularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Pseudochromidae
Subfamily:	Congrogadinae
Genus:	Halidesmus Günther, 1872[1]
Type species
Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872[2]
Synonyms[1]
Pholioides Nielsen, 1961 Porogrammus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916 Tentaculus Rao & Dutt, 1966

Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus:^[5]

• Halidesmus coccus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994 (Rooster snakelet)
• Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom, 1982
• Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 (Snakelet )
• Halidesmus socotraensis Gill & Zajonz, 2003 (Socotran snakelet)
• Halidesmus thomaseni (Nielsen, 1961) (Thomasen's snakelet)