Bumblebee fish

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Bumblebee fish
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B. xanthozonus
Binomial name
Brachygobius xanthozonus
(Bleeker, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Gobius xanthozona Bleeker, 1849
  • Brachygobius xanthozona (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Hypogymnogobius xanthozona (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Hypogymnogobius xanthozonus (Bleeker, 1849)

The bumblebee fish (Brachygobius xanthozonus) is a species of fresh and brackish water goby native to Thailand and Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) SL[2] and is found in lower parts of rivers, coastal areas, mangroves and highly vegetated areas.

Taxonomy

Brachygobius xanthozona is distinct from many of the other species in the genus Brachygobius and has been placed by some ichthyologists in the genus Hypogymnogobius.[3] It is very rare in the wild, and has not been imported as an aquarium fish, despite the widespread use of the name in the aquarium literature.[3]

References

  1. ^ Huckstorf, V. 2012. Brachygobius xanthozonus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 04 August 2013.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Brachygobius xanthozona" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. ^ a b Neale (2006). Naomi Delventhal in Monk. TFH Publishing. pp. 131–132. ISBN 0-7938-0564-3. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)