Nineline goby
Nineline goby | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Ginsburgellus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1968 |
Species: | G. novemlineatus |
Binomial name | |
Ginsburgellus novemlineatus (Fowler, 1950) | |
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Ginsburgellus novemlineatus, the Nineline goby, is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is frequently found associated with the sea urchin Echinometra lucunter, living underneath the urchin. This species grows to a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus,[2] the name of which honours the ichthyologist Isaac Ginsburg (1886-1975) of the U.S. National Museum who had an interest in gobies.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L. & Aiken, K.A. (2015). "Ginsburgellus novemlineatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185887A1786005. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185887A1786005.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ginsburgellus novemlineatus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 August 2018.