Platygobiopsis tansei
Platygobiopsis tansei is a species of goby found around Japan. This species reaches a length of 4.7 cm (1.9 in).[1]
| Platygobiopsis tansei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Platygobiopsis |
| Species: | P. tansei |
| Binomial name | |
| Platygobiopsis tansei Okiyama, 2008 | |
Etymology
The goby is named for the research vessel Tansei-maru of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo which is now Japan Marine Science and Technology Center. The ship was involved in collecting many specimens from Suruga Bay, including the type specimen of this goby.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Platygobiopsis tansei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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