Mahidolia is a small genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean. Both species are commensal with species of alpheid shrimps.

Mahidolia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Mahidolia
H. M. Smith, 1932
Synonyms[1]

Rictugobius Koumans in Smith, 1932

Etymology

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The generic name Mahidolia is named in honour of Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla (1892-1929) who was the father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol (Rama IX), as a supporter of fisheries in Siam (today's Thailand).[2][3]

Species

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There are currently two valid species:[4]

Synonyms[6]
  • Mahidolia duque Smith, 1947 accepted as Mahidolia mystacina
  • Mahidolia mystacinus (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Mahidolia mystacina
  • Mahidolia normani Smith & Koumans, 1932 accepted as Mahidolia mystacina
  • Mahidolia pagoensis Schultz, 1943 accepted as Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927)

References

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  1. ^ Smith, H. M. (30 June 1932). "Contributions to the ichthyology of Siam. I. Descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Siamese gobies" (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society Natural History, Supplement. 8 (4): 255–262, Pl. 23.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 June 2024). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 23.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "ปลาบู่มหิดล เทิดพระเกียรติ พระประทีปแห่งการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรสัตว์น้ำของไทย". VCHARKARN.COM (in Thai). 2014-02-27.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mahidolia". FishBase. July 2024 version.
  5. ^ G R Allen; M V Erdmann (2019). "Mahidolia paucipora, a new species of shrimpgoby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 32: 79–88. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.2635805. ISSN 1937-7835. Wikidata Q100350228. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Mahidolia Smith, 1932". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.