Ophiogobius jenynsi is a species of ray-finned fish from the biology Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is a demersal, marine species which is found off the coast of Chile in the intertidal zone. It feeds mainly on crustaceans.[1] This species was originally named as Gobius ophicephalus by Leonard Jenyns in 1842, subsequently misspelt as ophiocephalus, but this name was preoccupied by Pallas's 1811 Gobius ophiocephalus,[2] Hoese renamed the species in honour of Jenyns in 1976.[3] This is the only species in its genus.[2]
Ophiogobius jenynsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Ophiogobius |
Species: | O. jenynsi
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Binomial name | |
Ophiogobius jenynsi Hoese, 1976
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophiogobius jenynsi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophiogobius jenynsi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ 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 13 September 2018.