Biology:Odontamblyopus rebecca
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Odontamblyopus rebecca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Odontamblyopus |
Species: | O. rebecca
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Binomial name | |
Odontamblyopus rebecca Murdy & Shibukawa, 2003
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Odontamblyopus rebecca is a species of eel goby native to marine and brackish waters of Vietnam. This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.[1] This species is mostly known from several specimens collected from a fish market in Haiphong, Vietnam.[2]
Etymology
The specific name honours Edward O. Murdy's wife Rebecca Rootes.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Odontamblyopus rebecca" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Murdy, E. O. & Shibukawa, K. (2003): Odontamblyopus rebecca, a new species of amblyopine goby from Vietnam with a key to known species of the genus (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae). Zootaxa, 138: 1-6.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 6 December 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2728166 entry