Biology:Small-eyed goby
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Short description: Species of fish
| Small-eyed goby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Austrolethops |
| Species: | A. wardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Austrolethops wardi Whitley, 1935
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The small-eyed goby (Austrolethops wardi) is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean through the western Pacific Ocean where it inhabits areas of coral rubble. As its common name suggests, this species has particularly small eyes. This species grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The small-eyed goby is specialised to feed on seagrass and they share a burrows with mud lobsters of the genus Thalassina.[3] The specific name honours Charles Melbourne Ward (1903-1966), the Australia n actor, naturalist and collector of specimens who collected the type specimen.[4]
References
- ↑ Greenfield, D.; Larson, H. (2016). "Austrolethops wardi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T68328081A68333624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68328081A68333624.en.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Austrolethops wardi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ Dianne J. Bray. "Austrolethops wardi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1309.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 May 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes4/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2476945 entry
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