Cryptic bearded goby

Cryptic bearded goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Gobiidae
Genus:Barbuligobius
Species: B. boehlkei
Binomial name
Barbuligobius boehlkei
Lachner & McKinney, 1974
Synonyms
  • Bathygobius boehlkei (Lachner & McKinney, 1974)

Barbuligobius boehlkei, the Cryptic bearded goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found on sand-rubble substrates at depths of from 1 to 15 metres (3.3 to 49.2 ft). This species grows to a length of 2 centimetres (0.79 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] Its specific name honours James E. Böhlke (1930-1982) of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Larson, H.K. & Van Tassell, J. (2010). "Barbuligobius boehlkei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154846A4649431. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Barbuligobius boehlkei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.


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