Ben-Tuvia's goby
| Ben-Tuvia's goby | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Didogobius |
| Species: | D. bentuvii
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| Binomial name | |
| Didogobius bentuvii P. J. Miller, 1966
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Ben-Tuvia's goby (Didogobius bentuvii) is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Israel where it can be found on muddy sand bottoms at around a depth of 37 metres (121 ft).[2] Both the specific name and the common name honour the Israeli ichthyologist Adam Ben-Tuvia (1919-1999) of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who collected type and who has made a significant contribution to the knowledge of the Mediterranean fish fauna.[3]
References
- ^ Vukić, J.; Šanda, R. (2025). "Didogobius bentuvii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T194867A238353598. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T194867A238353598.en. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Didogobius bentuvii". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2018.