Biology:Didogobius wirtzi

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Didogobius wirtzi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Didogobius
Species:
D. wirtzi
Binomial name
Didogobius wirtzi
Kovacic & Schliewen, 2008

Didogobius wirtzi is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies.[2] It is endemic to Cape Verde,[1] where it occurs at depths from 15 to 25 m (49 to 82 ft).[3] The species was first described by Kovačić and Schliewen in 2008.[4]

Description

The fish grows to maximum 3.0 cm length.[3]

Etymology

The specific name honours Peter Wirtz, a marine biologist at the University of Madeira who collected the types of this species and amicuscaridis, as well as numerous other Gobiiformes. His collection is now housed in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München in Munich.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G.; de Morais, L. (2015). "Didogobius wirtzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T21130112A21913016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21130112A21913016.en. 
  2. Didogobius wirtzi Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 January 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Dodigobius wirtzi" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
  4. Schliewen, U.K.; Kovačić, M. (2008). "Didogobius amicuscaridis spec. nov. and D. wirtzi spec. nov., two new species of symbiotic gobiid fish from São Tomé and Cape Verde islands (Perciformes, Gobiidae).". Spixiana 31 (2): 247–261. 
  5. "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 29 May 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes5/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3767792 entry