Biendongella
Appearance
Biendongella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Amblyopinae |
Genus: | Biendongella Prokofiev, 2015 [1] |
Type species | |
Biendongella iljini Prokofiev, 2015
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Biendongella is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae native to the South China Sea.[1] The generic name is formed by adding the diminutive suffix ella to the Vietnamese name for the South China Sea, Bien Dong.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
- Biendongella hemilissa Prokofiev, 2015 [1]
- Biendongella iljini Prokofiev, 2015 [1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): An Overview of Gobies of the Subfamily Amblyopinae (Gobiidae) from the Western South China Sea (Vietnam and Indonesia) and Pacific Waters of the Philippines. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 783–791.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 December 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.