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Odontamblyopus rebecca

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

Odontamblyopus rebecca is a species of eel goby native to marine and brackish waters of Vietnam. This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.[1] This species is mostly known from several specimens collected from a fish market in Haiphong, Vietnam.[2] The specific name honours Edward O. Murdy's wife Rebecca Rootes.[3]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Odontamblyopus rebecca" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ Murdy, E. O. & Shibukawa, K. (2003): Odontamblyopus rebecca, a new species of amblyopine goby from Vietnam with a key to known species of the genus (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae). Zootaxa, 138: 1-6.
  3. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)