Biology:Mauligobius

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Mauligobius
Mauligobius maderensis (Madeira goby) - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg
Mauligobius maderensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Mauligobius
P. J. Miller, 1984
Type species
Gobius maderensis
Valenciennes, 1837

Mauligobius is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The name of this genus honours the ichthyologist and taxidermist Günther Edmund Maul (1909-1997) of the Museu Municipal do Funchal on Madeira for his assistance in making material and information available which the author, Peter Miller, used in his research on Macaronesian gobies.[1]

Species

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

  • Mauligobius maderensis (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Mauligobius nigri (Günther, 1861)

References

  1. "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes6/. Retrieved 3 September 2018. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mauligobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q749435 entry