Cameroon goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Wheelerigobius
Species:
W. wirtzi
Binomial name
Wheelerigobius wirtzi
P. J. Miller, 1988

Wheelerigobius wirtzi, the Cameroon goby, is a species of goby native to the Atlantic coast of Africa where it is so far known from Victoria Bay, Cameroon and São Tomé Island. This fish has been found at a depth of about 1 metre (3.3 ft) on a vertical rock face. The species can reach a length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist and blenny taxonomist Peter Wirtz who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Wheelerigobius wirtzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21131356A21913573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21131356A21913573.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Wheelerigobius wirtzi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 September 2018.


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