Nineline goby

Nineline goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Gobiidae
Genus:Ginsburgellus
J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1968
Species: G. novemlineatus
Binomial name
Ginsburgellus novemlineatus
(Fowler, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma novemlineatum Fowler, 1950

Ginsburgellus novemlineatus, the Nineline goby, is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is frequently found associated with the sea urchin Echinometra lucunter, living underneath the urchin. This species grows to a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus,[2] the name of which honours the ichthyologist Isaac Ginsburg (1886-1975) of the U.S. National Museum who had an interest in gobies.[3]

References

  1. ↑ van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L. & Aiken, K.A. (2015). "Ginsburgellus novemlineatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185887A1786005. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ginsburgellus novemlineatus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ↑ 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 27 August 2018.


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