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Taenioides buchanani

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Taenioides buchanani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Taenioides
Species:
T. buchanani
Binomial name
Taenioides buchanani
(Day, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Amblyopus buchanani Day, 1873
  • Gobioides buchanani (Day, 1873)

Taenioides buchanani, the Burmese gobyeel, is a species of goby in the family Oxudercidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean along the eastern coast of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Description

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Taenioides buchanani can reach a total length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in).[2]

Etymology

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The species epithet is named in honour of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829), a Scottish physician and naturalist, who published an account of Indo-Gangetic fishes in 1822.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Larson, H. (2019). "Taenioides buchanani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T123438566A123494852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T123438566A123494852.en. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Taenioides buchanani". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  • Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.