Belobranchus
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| Belobranchus belobranchus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Belobranchus Bleeker, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris quoyi Bleeker, 1856[1]
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Belobranchus is a small genus of Eleotrid sleeper gobies from south-east Asia, New Guinea and the western Pacific.
Species
[edit]The genus was considered to be a monotypic taxon until the description of Belobranchus segura in 2012.[2] The two species in the genus are:[3]
- Belobranchus belobranchus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Belobranchus segura Keith, Hadiaty & Lord, 2012
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belobranchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belobranchus segura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Belobranchus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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