Belobranchus

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Belobranchus
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Belobranchus belobranchus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Belobranchus
Bleeker, 1856
Type species
Eleotris quoyi
Bleeker, 1856 [1]

Belobranchus is a small genus of Eleotrid sleeper gobies from south-east Asia, New Guinea and the western Pacific.

Species

The genus was considered to be a monotypic taxon until the description of Belobranchus segura in 2012. [2] The two species in the genus are: [3]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belobranchus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belobranchus segura". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Belobranchus in FishBase . February 2018 version.