Antilligobius
Antilligobius is a genus of goby. It contains only the species Antilligobius nikkiae, the sabre goby, which is native to deep waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.[1] The specific name honours Nicole Laura Schrier, the daughter of the owner of the Sea Aquarium in Curaçao, who collected many of the type specimens.[2]
Antilligobius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Antilligobius |
Species: | A. nikkiae |
Binomial name | |
Antilligobius nikkiae Van Tassell, Tornabene & P. L. Colin, 2012 | |
References
- Van Tassell, J.L., Tornabene, L. & Colin, P.L. (2012): Review of the western Atlantic species of Bollmannia (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini) with the description of a new allied genus and species. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (2): 61-94.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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