Wheelerigobius
Genus of fishes
Wheelerigobius | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Wheelerigobius P. J. Miller, 1981 |
Type species | |
Eleotris maltzani Steindachner, 1881 |
Wheelerigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1] The name of this genus honours the British ichthyologist Alwyne C. Wheeler (1929-2005) who was the curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History).[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881)
- Wheelerigobius wirtzi P. J. Miller, 1988 (Cameroon goby)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Wheelerigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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