Ben-Tuvia's goby (Didogobius bentuvii) is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Israel where it can be found on muddy sand bottoms at around a depth of 37 metres (121 ft).[2] Both the specific name and the common name honour the Israeli ichthyologist Adam Ben-Tuvia (1919-1999) of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who collected type and who has made a significant contribution to the knowledge of the Mediterranean fish fauna.[3]
Ben-Tuvia's goby | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Didogobius |
Species: | D. bentuvii
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Binomial name | |
Didogobius bentuvii P. J. Miller, 1966
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References
edit- ^ Kovacic, M.; Herler, J. & Williams, J.T. (2014). "Didogobius bentuvii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194867A49085719. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194867A49085719.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Didogobius bentuvii". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2018.