Biology:Cheek-streaked goby
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Short description: Species of fish
| Cheek-streaked goby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Echinogobius |
| Species: | E. hayashii
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, S. Hosoya & Niimura, 1998
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Echinogobius hayashii, the cheek-streaked goby, is a species of goby native to western Australia and Japan . This species can be found at depths of from 1 to 20 metres (3.3 to 65.6 ft) living in areas with strong tidal currents and a sandy substrate. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
Etymology
The specific name honours Masayoshi Hayashi, a curator at Yokosuka City Museum, who collected the type specimens.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Echinogobius hayashii" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 May 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes5/. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q304445 entry
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