Wheelerigobius
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Wheelerigobius P. J. Miller, 1981 |
| Type species | |
| Eleotris maltzani Steindachner, 1881
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Wheelerigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1] The name of this genus honours the United Kingdom ichthyologist Alwyne C. Wheeler (1929-2005) who was the curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History).[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881)
- Wheelerigobius wirtzi P. J. Miller, 1988 (Cameroon goby)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Wheelerigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 24 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes7/.
Wikidata ☰ Q749694 entry
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