Gobiopsis bravoi
Appearance
Gobiopsis bravoi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Gobiopsis |
Species: | G. bravoi
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Binomial name | |
Gobiopsis bravoi (Herre, 1940)
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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
[edit]This species reaches a length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Pablo Bravo, Herre's illustrator for many years.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gobiopsis bravoi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.