Oxyurichthys takagi
Oxyurichthys takagi is a species of goby is found in the Western Pacific: known only from Palau. This species reaches a length of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[1][2]
Oxyurichthys takagi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Oxyurichthys |
Species: | O. takagi |
Binomial name | |
Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Kazunori Takagi, of the Tokyo University of Fisheries, whose studies of gobioid oculoscapular canals showed their significance to gobioid systematics.[3]
References
- Pezold, F., 1998. Three new species of Oxyurichthys (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indian and Pacific oceans. Copeia 1998(3):687-695.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Oxyurichthys takagi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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