Rhinogobius mizunoi is a species of fish in the family Oxudercidae. It is found in freshwater streams in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Rhinogobius |
| Species: | R. mizunoi
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| Rhinogobius mizunoi | |
Description
editThis species reaches a length of 6.72 cm (2.65 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Nobuhiko Mizuno, former professor of Ehime University (Japan), for his contribution to the knowledge of the ecology of freshwater fishes in Japan, particularly gobies in the genus Rhinogobius.[3]
References
edit- ^ Suzuki, T. & Shibukawa, K. & 藍澤, 正宏. (2017). Rhinogobius mizunoi, a new species of freshwater goby (teleostei: Gobiidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Natural Science. 2017. 79-95.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhinogobius mizunoi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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