Biology:Buenia

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Buenia
Buenia affinis 1.jpg
Buenia affinis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Buenia
Iljin, 1930
Type species
Gobius affinis
Kolombatovic, 1891

Buenia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus and the common name of the type species honour Fernando de Buen y Lozano (1895-1962), the Spain oceanographer and marine biologist.[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930 (de Buen's goby)
  • Buenia jeffreysii (Günther, 1867) (Jeffrey's goby)
  • Buenia massutii Kovačić, Ordines & Schliewen, 2017

References

  1. "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/. Retrieved 19 August 2018. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Buenia in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q851497 entry