Biology:Ogilbia suarezae
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Ogilbia suarezae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Genus: | Ogilbia |
Species: | O. suarezae
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Binomial name | |
Ogilbia suarezae Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005
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Ogilbia suarezae is a species of fish of the genus Ogilbia found in the shallows of the Caribbean Sea. It is yellowish in color and is livebearing.[2]
Etymology
It was named in honor of Susan Suarez, a professor at Cornell University, in recognition of her careful study of the reproductive biology of the related fish Ogilbia cayorum.[3]
References
- ↑ Robins, R.H.; Carpenter, K.E. (2015). "Ogilbia suarezae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T190355A16510537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190355A16510537.en.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ogilbia suarezae" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ↑ "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes2/.
- Ogilbia suarezae Moller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2005, Aqua 10(4):194
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q741365 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilbia suarezae.
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