Aspasma minima is a species of clingfish found in the Pacific Ocean near the shores of southern Japan. This species grows to 5 cm (2.0 in) in standard length. This species is the only species in the monotypic genus Aspasma.[1] This species was described in 1887 by the German zoologist and paleontologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein from a type collected at a depth of 100-150 fathoms in Sagami Bay, Japan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Aspasma D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 |
| Species: | A. minima
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspasma minima (Döderlein, 1887)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lepadogaster minimus Döderlein, 1887 | |
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspasma minima". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lepadogaster minimus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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