Gobiopsis namnas

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Gobiopsis namnas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobiopsis
Species:
G. namnas
Binomial name
Gobiopsis namnas
Shibukawa, 2010
Synonyms
  • Macgregorella bravoiHerre, 1940

Gobiopsis namnas is a species of goby found in the north-western Pacific Ocean off Japan. [1]

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Description

This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named with the abbreviation of National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, which conducted the deep-water biological survey that collected the type specimens. [3]

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References

  1. Shibukawa, K., 2010. Gobiopsis namnas, a new deep-dwelling goby (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, (Suppl. 4):97-106.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gobiopsis namnas" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.