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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 Viet Nam, to Macao, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.[1] [2][3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[4]

Etymology

The fishes species name meaning toothed, referring to the large canine teeth of upper jaw[5]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxuderces dentatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  5. ^ 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.