| Cryptic bearded goby | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Barbuligobius |
| Species: | B. boehlkei |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbuligobius boehlkei Lachner & McKinney, 1974 | |
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Barbuligobius boehlkei, the Cryptic bearded goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it can be found on sand-rubble substrates at depths of from 1 to 15 metres (3.3 to 49.2 ft). This species grows to a length of 2 centimetres (0.79 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] Its specific name honours James E. Böhlke (1930-1982) of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[3]
References
- ↑ Larson, H.K. & Van Tassell, J. (2010). "Barbuligobius boehlkei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154846A4649431. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154846A4649431.en.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Barbuligobius boehlkei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ 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.
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