Sarasin's goby | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Mugilogobius |
Species: | M. sarasinorum
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Binomial name | |
Mugilogobius sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1897)
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Synonyms | |
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Mugilogobius sarasinorum, Sarasin's goby, is a species of goby endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL.[2] Sarasin's goby is important to local commercial fisheries and the fishing community.[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Swiss naturalist-ethnologist Paul Sarasin (1856-1929) and his cousin, naturalist Fritz Sarasin (1859-1942), who collected the type specimens.[4]
References
- ^ Jaafar, Z. (2019). "Mugilogobius sarasinorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21352A90983088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T21352A90983088.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Kottelat, M.; A.J. Whitten; S.N. Kartikasari; and S. Wirjoatmodjo (1993). Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions. ISBN 0-945971-60-5
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mugilogobius sarasinorum". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2022.