Callogobius snelliusi

Callogobius snelliusi is a species of goby found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan, to Indonesia, and then the east coast of northern Australia.[1]

Callogobius snelliusi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Callogobius
Species:
C. snelliusi
Binomial name
Callogobius snelliusi
Koumans, 1953

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.3 cm (1.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the Dutch hydrographic research vessel Snellius, which was involved in collecting the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Callogobius snelliusi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. 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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