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Oxuderces dentatus

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Oxuderces dentatus
Oxuderces dentatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Oxuderces
Species:
O. dentatus
Binomial name
Oxuderces dentatus
Synonyms

Oxuderces dentatus, is a species of goby found in the Indo-West Pacific from India to Vietnam, Macau, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.[2][3][4]

Description

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This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[5]

Etymology

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The fishes species name meaning toothed, referring to the large canine teeth of upper jaw[6]

References

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  1. ^ Larson, H. (2020). "Oxuderces dentatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118353365A118353368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118353365A118353368.en. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ Jaafar, Z. & Parenti, L.R. (2016): Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180 (1): 195-215.
  3. ^ Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p.
  4. ^ Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxuderces dentatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2023.