Gobiopsis angustifrons

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Gobiopsis angustifrons
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobiopsis
Species:
G. angustifrons
Binomial name
Gobiopsis angustifrons
Lachner & McKinney, 1978

Gobiopsis angustifrons, the narrownape barbelgoby, is a species of goby found in the western-central Pacific Ocean from Indonesia, to Australia, and the Solomon Islands. [1]

Description

This species reaches a length of 4.5 cm (1.8 in). [2]

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References

  1. Lachner, E.A. and J.F. McKinney, 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Gobiopsis with descriptions of four new species (Pisces: Gobiidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 262:52 p.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gobiopsis angustifrons" in FishBase . February 2015 version.