Acentrogobius dayi
Acentrogobius dayi, the Day's goby, is a species of goby found in the Western Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan.[1]
| Acentrogobius dayi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Acentrogobius |
| Species: | A. dayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 11.0 cm (4.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Francis Day (1829-1889), the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India,[3]
References
- Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Acentrogobius dayi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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