Didogobius wirtzi
Appearance
Didogobius wirtzi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Didogobius |
Species: | D. wirtzi
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Binomial name | |
Didogobius wirtzi Kovacic & Schliewen, 2008
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Didogobius wirtzi is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies.[2] It is endemic to Cape Verde,[1] where it occurs at depths from 15 to 25 m (49 to 82 ft).[3] The species was first described by Kovačić and Schliewen in 2008.[4]
Description
[edit]The fish grows to maximum 3.0 cm length.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name honours Peter Wirtz, a marine biologist at the University of Madeira who collected the types of this species and amicuscaridis, as well as numerous other Gobiiformes. His collection is now housed in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München in Munich.[5]
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Didogobius wirtzi.
- ^ a b Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Didogobius wirtzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21130112A21913016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21130112A21913016.en.
- ^ Didogobius wirtzi Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 January 2019.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dodigobius wirtzi". FishBase. January 2019 version.
- ^ Schliewen, U.K.; Kovačić, M. (2008). "Didogobius amicuscaridis spec. nov. and D. wirtzi spec. nov., two new species of symbiotic gobiid fish from São Tomé and Cape Verde islands (Perciformes, Gobiidae)". Spixiana. 31 (2): 247–261.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2018.