Biology:Evermannia

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Evermannia
FMIB 47961 Evermannia zosterura.jpeg
Evermannia zosterura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Evermannia
D. S. Jordan, 1895
Type species
Gobiosoma zosterurum
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882

Evermannia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern central Pacific Ocean coast of the Americas from Baja California to Panama. The genus name honours the United States ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932).[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Evermannia erici W. A. Bussing, 1983
  • Evermannia longipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) (Enigmatic goby)
  • Evermannia panamensis C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904
  • Evermannia zosterura (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Bandedtail goby)

References

  1. "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 27 August 2018. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Evermannia in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q993717 entry