Biology:Thalasseleotris
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Thalasseleotris | |
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| Holotype of the Cryptic Sea Gudgeon, Thalasseleotris adela | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Thalasseleotrididae |
| Genus: | Thalasseleotris Hoese & Larson, 1987[1] |
Thalasseleotris is a genus of gobies comprising two species in the family Thalasseleotrididae from the south-western Pacific Ocean in the seas off Australia and New Zealand.[2] The generic name is derived from the Greek Thalassa meaning "sea" and the generic name Eleotris as at the time it was named the genus was considered to be in the family Eleotridae.[3]
Species
The two species in Thalasseleotris are:[4]
- Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson, 1987 - Marine gudgeon
- Thalasseleotris iota Hoese & Roberts, 2005 - New Zealand pygmy sleeper
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Thalasseleotris". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=9966.
- ↑ Helen K. Larson (2011). "Introduction". The Biology of Gobies. Verlag Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-436-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=M_HRBQAAQBAJ&q=Grahamichthys+radiata&pg=PA239.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 July 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes1/.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Thalasseleotris in FishBase. June 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3543117 entry
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