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Gobiopsis namnas

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Gobiopsis namnas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobiopsis
Species:
G. namnas
Binomial name
Gobiopsis namnas
Shibukawa, 2010
Synonyms
  • Macgregorella bravoi Herre, 1940

Gobiopsis namnas is a species of goby found in the north-western Pacific Ocean off Japan. [1]

Description

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This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named with the abbreviation of National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, which conducted the deep-water biological survey that collected the type specimens.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Shibukawa, K., 2010. Gobiopsis namnas, a new deep-dwelling goby (Teleostei: Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, (Suppl. 4):97-106.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiopsis namnas". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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.