Didogobius amicuscaridis

Didogobius amicuscaridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Gobiidae
Genus:Didogobius
Species: D. amicuscaridis
Binomial name
Didogobius amicuscaridis
Kovacic & Schliewen, 2008

Didogobius amicuscardis is a species of gobies endemic to São Tomé Island, where it occurs in areas to a depth around 7 to 25 m (23 to 82 ft) .

Description

The species was named and described by Kovacic and Schliewen in 2008.[2]

The fish grows to a maximum of 3.2 cm in length.[3]

The fish are found in cave entrances of the shrimp-like Axiopsis serratifrons, its specific name is a compound noun which means "friend of shrimps" in reference to this association,[4] and feed on sea snails from the families Scissurellidae, Rissoidae, and Limacinidae.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, K.E.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. & Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Didogobius amicuscaridis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T60470339A60789027. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Schliewen, U.K.; Kovačić, M. (2008). "Didogobius amicuscaridis spec. nov. and D. wirtzi spec. nov., two new species of symbiotic gobiid fish from São Tomé and Cape Verde islands (Perciformes, Gobiidae).". Spixiana. 31 (2): 247–261.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Dodigobius amicuscaridis" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

Further reading

  • Schliewen, U.K.; Kovačić, M. 2008: Didogobius amicuscaridis spec. nov. and D. wirtzi spec. nov., two new species of symbiotic gobiid fish from São Tomé and Cape Verde islands (Perciformes, Gobiidae). Spixiana


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