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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Discordipinna
Species (2): D. filamentosa – D. griessingeri
Name

Discordipinna Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978: 19

Type species: Discordipinna griessingeri ♀ Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References

Chen, I-S.; Suzuki, T.; Shao, K.-T. 2012: A new deepwater goby of the genus Discordipinna Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Kumejima of the Ryukyus, Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 274–280. Preview PDF Reference page.
Hoese, D.F. & P. Fourmanoir 1978: Discordipinna griessingeri, a new genus and species of gobiid fish from the tropical Indo-West Pacific. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 25(1): 19–24.
Larson, H.K. & E.O. Murdy 2001: Families Eleotridae, Gobiidae. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001: Species identification guide for fishery purposes. Bony fishes part 4. 6: 3574–3603.
Discordipinna and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names
English: Spikefin goby

Discordipinna is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

Discordipinna filamentosa I. S. Chen, T. Suzuki & K. T. Shao, 2012[2]
Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978 (Spikefin goby)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Discordipinna in FishBase. June 2013 version.
Chen, I.-S., Suzuki, T. & Shao, K.-T. (2012): A new deepwater goby of the genus Discordipinna Hoese & Fourmanoir, 1978 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Kumejima of the Ryukyus, Japan. (In: Naruse, T., Chan, T.-Y., Tan, H.H., Ahyong, S.T. & Reimer, J.D. (2012) Results of the Marine Biodiversity Expedition — KUMEJIMA 2009. Zootaxa, 3367: 1–280.) Zootaxa, 3367: 274–280.

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