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Gobiopsis bravoi

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Species of fish

Gobiopsis bravoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobiopsis
Species: G. bravoi
Binomial name
Gobiopsis bravoi
(Herre, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Macgregorella bravoi Herre, 1940

Gobiopsis bravoi, or Bravo's bearded goby, is a species of goby found in the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines, Irian Jaya, and possibly Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands and Palau.

Description

This species reaches a length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Pablo Bravo, Herre's illustrator for many years.

References

  1. Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiopsis bravoi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Gobiopsis bravoi


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