Biology:Gobiopsis woodsi
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Short description: Species of fish
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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. woodsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gobiopsis woodsi Lachner & McKinney, 1978
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Gobiopsis woodsi, also known as Woods' barbelgoby, is a species of goby found in the Indo-west Pacific.[2]
Description
This species reaches a length of 4.2 cm (1.7 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Loren P. Woods (1914–1979), the Curator of Fishes, at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago , it was he who collected all but two of the known specimens at the time.[4]
References
- ↑ Larson, H. (2019). "Gobiopsis woodsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T202027A2732112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T202027A2732112.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202027/2732112. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ↑ Lachner, E.A. and J.F. McKinney, 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Gobiopsis with descriptions of four new species (Pisces: Gobiidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 262:52 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Gobiopsis woodsi" 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 ☰ Q2689488 entry
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