Gobiopsis woodsi, also known as Woods' barbelgoby, is a species of goby found in the Indo-west Pacific.[2]
| Gobiopsis woodsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Gobiopsis |
| Species: | G. woodsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gobiopsis woodsi | |
Description
editThis species reaches a length of 4.2 cm (1.7 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Loren P. Woods (1914–1979), the Curator of Fishes, at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, it was he who collected all but two of the known specimens at the time.[4]
References
edit- ^ Larson, H. (2019). "Gobiopsis woodsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T202027A2732112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T202027A2732112.en. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Lachner, E.A. and J.F. McKinney, 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Gobiopsis with descriptions of four new species (Pisces: Gobiidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 262:52 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiopsis woodsi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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