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Gobiopsis bravoi

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Gobiopsis bravoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobiopsis
Species:
G. bravoi
Binomial name
Gobiopsis bravoi
(Herre, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Macgregorella bravoi Herre, 1940

Gobiopsis bravoi, or Bravo's bearded goby, is a species of goby found in the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines, Irian Jaya, and possibly Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands and Palau. [1]

Description

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This species reaches a length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Pablo Bravo, Herre's illustrator for many years.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiopsis bravoi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.