Rhinogobius carpenteri
Rhinogobius_carpenteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Rhinogobius
Species:
R. carpenteri
Binomial name
Rhinogobius carpenteri
Seale, 1910
Synonyms
  • Tukugobius carpenteri (Seale, 1910)

Rhinogobius carpenteri is a freshwater species of goby endemic to the Philippines.[1] Its common name in the Philippines is kuchu. The species was named for the co-collector of the cotypes, Mr. W. D. Carpenter.[2] In 1927, Albert William Christian Theodore Herre erected a new genus in the family Gobiidae, Tukugobius and moved R. carpenteri into it as the type species,[3] but the genus was later rendered invalid.[4]

Description

It grows up to 5.9 cm (2.3 in) SL,[5] and is dull yellow-brown, whitish under the jaw, eyes blue, grayish fins with two silvery white anterior spines, silvery white anal fin rays, with the caudal fins shading to dusky at the tip.[6] Additionally, this species reaches a length of 5.9 cm (2.3 in)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of American naturalist William Dorr Carpenter (1879-1958), who helped collect the type specimen.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977.
  2. ↑ Herre, Albert W. 1927. Gobies of the Philippines and the China Sea, Monographs of The Bureau of Science, Manila, 23, p. 123.
  3. ↑ Herre, 1927, pp. 119-121 and Plate 29.
  4. ↑ Okada, Yaichiro. 1961. Studies on the Freshwater Fishes of Japan. 862 pp, 61 plates, 133 text-fig., 135 tables. Japan: Prefectural University of Mie; Tsu, Mie Prefecture 1959-1960; p. 659. Also cited as: Okada, Yaichiro. 1960. Studies on the freshwater fishes of Japan. II. Special Part. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie, 4: 589-860.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Rhinogobius carpenteri" in FishBase. March 2013 version.
  6. ↑ Seale, 1910, pp. 535-536.
  7. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 January 2023.


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