Gobiopsis bravoi
Gobiopsis bravoi, or Bravo's bearded goby, is a species of goby found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines, Irian Jaya, and possibly Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands and Palau. [1]
| Gobiopsis bravoi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Gobiopsis |
| Species: | G. bravoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobiopsis bravoi (Herre, 1940) | |
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Size
This species reaches a length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Pablo Bravo, Herre's illustrator for many years.[3]
References
- Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gobiopsis bravoi" in 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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