Buenia

Buenia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus and the common name of the type species honour Fernando de Buen y Lozano (1895-1962), the Spanish oceanographer and marine biologist.[1]

Buenia
Buenia affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Buenia
Iljin, 1930
Type species
Gobius affinis
Kolombatovic, 1891

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930 (de Buen's goby)
  • Buenia jeffreysii (Günther, 1867) (Jeffrey's goby)
  • Buenia massutii Kovačić, Ordines & Schliewen, 2017

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Buenia in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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