Hoese's goby
Glossogobius hoesei, Hoese's goby, is a species of goby endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes in West Papua, Indonesia where it can be found on muddy or gravel substrates as well as in small tributary streams. This species can reach a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Douglass Fielding Hoese of the Australian Museum in Sydney who has made an important contribution to the study of fishes in the order Gobiiformes.[3]
| Hoese's goby | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Glossogobius |
| Species: | G. hoesei |
| Binomial name | |
| Glossogobius hoesei G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 | |
References
- Allen, G. (1996). "Glossogobius hoesei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9255A12975894. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9255A12975894.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Glossogobius hoesei" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- 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 28 August 2018.
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