Didogobius wirtzi
| Didogobius wirtzi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Didogobius |
| Species: | D. wirtzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Didogobius wirtzi Kovacic & Schliewen, 2008 | |
Didogobius wirtzi is a species of gobies endemic to the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of the Cape Verde Archipelago, where it occurs in areas to a depth around 15 to 25 m (49 to 82 ft) .
Description
The species was named after Peter Wirtz, who also described the coral species Balanopsammia wirtzi and a species of fish native to waters of São Tomé and Príncipe, the São Tomé clingfish (Apletodon wirtzi), together with Didogobius amicuscaridis native to São Tomé and Príncipe, it was described by Kovacic and Schliewen in 2008.[2]
The fish grows to a maximum of 3.1 cm in length.[3]
Etymology
The specific name honours Peter Wirtz, a marine biologist at the University of Madeira who collected the types of this species and amicuscaridis, as well as numerous other Gobiiformes. His collection is now housed in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München in Munich.[4]
References
- ↑ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Didogobius wirtzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21130112A21913016. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Dodigobius wirtzi" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ 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.
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