Biology:Gobiopsis malekulae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Gobiopsis |
| Species: | G. malekulae
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| Binomial name | |
| Gobiopsis malekulae (Herre, 1935)
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Gobiopsis malekulae, the striped barbelgoby, is a species of goby found in the western-central Pacific Ocean.[1]
Description
This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Malekula Island, Vanuatu,.[3]
References
- ↑ Larson, H.K. and E.O. Murdy, 2001. Gobiidae. Gobies. p. 3578-3603. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome.Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gobiopsis malekulae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes5/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1992092 entry
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