Cheek-streaked goby
| Cheek-streaked goby | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Echinogobius Iwata, S. Hosoya & Niimura, 1998 |
| Species: | E. hayashii
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, S. Hosoya & Niimura, 1998
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Echinogobius hayashii, the cheek-streaked goby, is a species of goby found in the Indo-West Pacific from western Australia to Fiji and Japan. This species can be found at depths of from 1 to 20 metres (3.3 to 65.6 ft) living in areas with strong tidal currents and a sandy substrate. The cheek-streaked goby grows to a standard length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in). This species is the only known member of the monotypic genus Echinogobius.[2]
Etymology
The specific name honours Masayoshi Hayashi, a curator at Yokosuka City Museum, who collected the type specimens.[3]
References
- ^ Stiefel, K.M. (2024). "Echinogobius hayashii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T193077A2192038. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T193077A2192038.en. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Echinogobius hayashii". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (28 December 2023). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 February 2024.