Gobiopsis namnas
Appearance
Gobiopsis namnas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Gobiopsis |
Species: | G. namnas
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Binomial name | |
Gobiopsis namnas Shibukawa, 2010
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Gobiopsis namnas is a species of goby found in the north-western Pacific Ocean off Japan. [1]
Description
[edit]This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named with the abbreviation of National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, which conducted the deep-water biological survey that collected the type specimens.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Shibukawa, K., 2010. Gobiopsis namnas, a new deep-dwelling goby (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, (Suppl. 4):97-106.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiopsis namnas". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.