Silhouettea

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Silhouettea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Silhouettea
J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Type species
Silhouettea insinuans
J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Synonyms
  • Minictenogobiops Goren, 1978

Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.[2]

Species[]

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933) (Red Sea goby)
  • J. E. Randall, 2008
  • , 1978
  • (, 1957)
  • Larson & , 1986
  • Larson & , 1986
  • Visweswara Rao, 1971
  • J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Phantom goby)
  • (Herre, 1934)
  • Silhouettea sibayi , 1970 (Barebreast goby)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Silhouettea in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 September 2018.


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