Porogobius

Porogobius schlegelii is a species of goby native to brackish and fresh waters (occasionally entering marine waters) along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Senegal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also found in the islands of the Gulf of Guinea and Cape Verde. It occurs in inshore waters in lagoons, estuaries, the lower reaches of rivers and mangrove swamps. This species grows to a length of 14.9 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) who supplied Günther with the type specimen from the Natural History Museum in Leiden.[2]

Porogobius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Porogobius
Bleeker, 1874
Species:
P. schlegelii
Binomial name
Porogobius schlegelii
(Günther, 1861)
Synonyms

Genus

  • Coronogobius Herre, 1945

Species

  • Gobius schlegelii Günther, 1861
  • Acentrogobius schlegelii (Günther, 1861)
  • Gobius pappenheimi C. G. E. Ahl, 1925

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Porogobius schlegelii" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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