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Rhinogobius carpenteri

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Species of fish

Rhinogobius carpenteri
Rhinogobius_carpenteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Rhinogobius
Species: R. carpenteri
Binomial name
Rhinogobius carpenteri
Seale, 1910
Synonyms
  • Tukugobius carpenteri (Seale, 1910)

Rhinogobius carpenteri is a freshwater species of goby endemic to the Philippines. Its common name in the Philippines is kuchu. The species was named for the co-collector of the cotypes, Mr. W. D. Carpenter. In 1927, Albert William Christian Theodore Herre erected a new genus in the family Gobiidae, Tukugobius and moved R. carpenteri into it as the type species, but the genus was later rendered invalid.

Description

It grows up to 5.9 cm (2.3 in) SL, and is dull yellow-brown, whitish under the jaw, eyes blue, grayish fins with two silvery white anterior spines, silvery white anal fin rays, with the caudal fins shading to dusky at the tip. Additionally, this species reaches a length of 5.9 cm (2.3 in)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of American naturalist William Dorr Carpenter (1879-1958), who helped collect the type specimen.

References

  1. Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977.
  2. Herre, Albert W. 1927. Gobies of the Philippines and the China Sea, Monographs of The Bureau of Science, Manila, 23, p. 123.
  3. Herre, 1927, pp. 119-121 and Plate 29.
  4. Okada, Yaichiro. 1961. Studies on the Freshwater Fishes of Japan. 862 pp, 61 plates, 133 text-fig., 135 tables. Japan: Prefectural University of Mie; Tsu, Mie Prefecture 1959-1960; p. 659. Also cited as: Okada, Yaichiro. 1960. Studies on the freshwater fishes of Japan. II. Special Part. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie, 4: 589-860.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhinogobius carpenteri". FishBase. March 2013 version.
  6. Seale, 1910, pp. 535-536.
  7. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Rhinogobius carpenteri


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