Greenback gauvina

Short description: Species of fish

Greenback gauvina

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Gobiiformes
Family:  | Eleotridae
Genus:  | Bunaka
Herre, 1927
Species:  |

B. gyrinoides

Binomial name
Bunaka gyrinoides

(Bleeker, 1853)

Synonyms

* Eleotris gyrinoides Bleeker, 1853
* Guavina gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853)
* Oxyeleotris gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853)
* Bunaka pinguis Herre, 1927
* Lizettea pelewensis Herre, 1936
* Bunaka pelewensis (Herre, 1936)
* Boroda francoi Roxas & Ablan, 1940
* Bunaka sticta Herre, 1942

The greenback guavina (Bunaka gyrinoides) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae that inhabits fresh, marine, and brackish waters in estuaries and mangrove swamps from Sri Lanka to Micronesia and Australia . This species grows to a length of 34 cm (13 in), though most do not exceed 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Larson, H. (2012). "Bunaka gyrinoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T172450A1342565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T172450A1342565.en.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Bunaka gyrinoides" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

## External links

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Wikidata ☰ Q2119269 entry

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