Biendongella

Biendongella is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae native to the South China Sea.[1] The generic name is formed by adding the diminutive suffix ella to the Vietnamese name for the South China Sea, Bien Dong.[2]

Biendongella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Amblyopinae
Genus: Biendongella
Prokofiev, 2015 [1]
Type species
Biendongella iljini
Prokofiev, 2015

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

  • Biendongella hemilissa Prokofiev, 2015 [1]
  • Biendongella iljini Prokofiev, 2015 [1]

References
  1. Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): An Overview of Gobies of the Subfamily Amblyopinae (Gobiidae) from the Western South China Sea (Vietnam and Indonesia) and Pacific Waters of the Philippines. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 783–791.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 December 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
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