| Buenia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Buenia affinis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Buenia Iljin, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius affinis Kolombatovic, 1891 | |
Buenia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus and the common name of the type species honour Fernando de Buen y Lozano (1895-1962), the Spanish oceanographer and marine biologist.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930 (de Buen's goby)
- Buenia jeffreysii (Günther, 1867) (Jeffrey's goby)
- Buenia massutii Kovačić, Ordines & Schliewen, 2017
References
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Buenia in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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