Mahidolia

Mahidolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Mahidolia H. M. Smith, 1932
Synonyms [1]
Rictugobius Koumans in Smith, 1932

Mahidolia is a small genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean. Both species are commensal with species of alpheid shrimps.

Etymology

The generic name Mahidolia is named in honour of Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla (1892-1929) who was the father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol (Rama IX), as a supporter of fisheries in Siam (today's Thailand). ^{[2] [3]}

Species

There are currently two valid species: ^[4]

• Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes, 1837) (Flagfin prawn goby)
• Mahidolia paucipora Allen & Erdmann, 2019 ^[5] (Tiny shrimpgoby)

Synonyms ^[6]

• Mahidolia duqueSmith, 1947 accepted as Mahidolia mystacina
• Mahidolia mystacinus(Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Mahidolia mystacina
• Mahidolia normaniSmith & Koumans, 1932 accepted as Mahidolia mystacina
• Mahidolia pagoensisSchultz, 1943 accepted as Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927)

References

1. Smith, H. M. (30 June 1932). "Contributions to the ichthyology of Siam. I. Descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Siamese gobies" (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society Natural History, Supplement. 8 (4): 255–262, Pl. 23.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 June 2024). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 23.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. "ปลาบู่มหิดล เทิดพระเกียรติ พระประทีปแห่งการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรสัตว์น้ำของไทย". VCHARKARN.COM (in Thai). 2014-02-27.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mahidolia". FishBase . July 2024 version.
5. G R Allen; M V Erdmann (2019). "Mahidolia paucipora, a new species of shrimpgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 32: 79–88. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.2635805. ISSN   1937-7835. Wikidata   Q100350228. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2020.
6. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Mahidolia Smith, 1932". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.