Biology:Didogobius
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Didogobius | |
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| Didogobius schlieweni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Didogobius P. J. Miller, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| Didogobius bentuvii P. J. Miller, 1966
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Didogobius is a genus of small marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the true gobies.[1] They are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus is a compound noun made up of Dido, the mythical founder and first queen of Carthage, and the Latin gobius meaning "goby".[2]
Species
Seven recognized species are in this genus:[1]
- Didogobius amicuscaridis Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008
- Didogobius bentuvii P. J. Miller, 1966 (Ben-Tuvia's goby)
- Didogobius helenae Van Tassell & A. Kramer, 2014 (Helen's goby) [3]
- Didogobius kochi Van Tassell, 1988
- Didogobius schlieweni P. J. Miller, 1993
- Didogobius splechtnai Ahnelt & Patzner, 1995
- Didogobius wirtzi Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Didogobius Miller, 1966. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Van Tassell, J.L. & Kramer, A. (2014): A new species of Didogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Canary Islands. Zootaxa, 3793 (4): 453–464.
Wikidata ☰ Q547616 entry
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