Gobiopsis pinto
Gobiopsis pinto, the snakehead goby, is a species of goby found in the Western Indian Ocean.[1]
| Gobiopsis pinto | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Gobiopsis |
| Species: | G. pinto |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobiopsis pinto (J. L. B. Smith, 1947) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Size
This species reaches a length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Adolfo Abranches Pinto (1895-1981), the Military Commander of Mozambique, where this goby is endemic.[3]
References
- Hoese, D.F., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 774-807. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gobiopsis pinto" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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