Nematogobius maindroni

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Nematogobius maindroni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Nematogobius
Species:
N. maindroni
Binomial name
Nematogobius maindroni
(Sauvage, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Gobius maindroni Sauvage, 1880
  • Nematogobius ansorgii Boulenger, 1910

Nematogobius maindroni is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae, a true goby. It is native to the Eastern Atlantic from Senegal to Angola, it has also been reported from Namibia and from the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. It is common in brackish estuaries, but may migrate up rivera into freshwater.[1] The specific name honours the French entomologist Maurice Maindron (1857-1911), the collector of the type specimen from Senegal.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Nematogobius maindroni in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 September 2018.