Sarasin's goby

Mugilogobius sarasinorum, Sarasin's goby, is a species of goby endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.[2] It is important to local commercial fisheries and the fishing community.[3]

Sarasin's goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Mugilogobius
Species:
M. sarasinorum
Binomial name
Mugilogobius sarasinorum
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Gobius sarasinorum Boulenger, 1897
  • Tamanka sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1897)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Swiss naturalist-ethnologist Paul Sarasin (1856-1929) and his cousin, naturalist Fritz Sarasin (1859-1942), who collected the type specimens.[4]

References
  1. Jaafar, Z. (2019). "Mugilogobius sarasinorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21352A90983088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21352A90983088.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Kottelat, M.; A.J. Whitten; S.N. Kartikasari; and S. Wirjoatmodjo (1993). Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions. ISBN 0-945971-60-5
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Mugilogobius sarasinorum" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2022.


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