Mauligobius

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Mauligobius
Mauligobius maderensis (Madeira goby) - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg
Mauligobius maderensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Mauligobius
, 1984
Type species
Gobius maderensis
Valenciennes, 1837

Mauligobius is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The name of this genus honours the ichthyologist and taxidermist (1909-1997) of the on Madeira for his assistance in making material and information available which the author, Peter Miller, used in his research on Macaronesian gobies.[1]

Species[]

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ 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 3 September 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Mauligobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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