Lesueurigobius

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Lesueurigobius
Fries's Goby (L. friesii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Lesueurigobius
Whitley, 1950
Type species
Gobius suerii
A. Risso, 1810
Synonyms
  • Lesueuria Duncker, 1928 (preoccupied)

Lesueurigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The generic name honours the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), for whom the type species, Lesueurigobius suerii, was named, Georg Duncker's name Lesueuria being preoccupied by a genus of comb jellies.[1]

Species[edit]

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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 3 September 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lesueurigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.