Biology:Oxuderces dentatus

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Oxuderces dentatus
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Oxuderces dentatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Oxuderces
Species:
O. dentatus
Binomial name
Oxuderces dentatus
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
Synonyms
  • Apocryptodon wirzi Koumans, 1937

Oxuderces dentatus, is a species of goby found in the Indo-West Pacific from India to Vietnam, Macau, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.[2][3][4]

Description

This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[5]

Etymology

The fishes species name meaning toothed, referring to the large canine teeth of upper jaw[6]

References

  1. Larson, H. (2020). "Oxuderces dentatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T118353365A118353368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118353365A118353368.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/118353365/118353368. Retrieved 6 January 2024. 
  2. Jaafar, Z. & Parenti, L.R. (2016): Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180 (1): 195-215.
  3. Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p.
  4. Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Oxuderces dentatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  6. "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1946849 entry