Oxyurichthys takagi
| Oxyurichthys takagi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Oxyurichthys |
| Species: | O. takagi
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998
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Oxyurichthys takagi is a species of goby is found in the Western Pacific: known only from Palau. This species reaches a length of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[2][3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Kazunori Takagi, of the Tokyo University of Fisheries, whose studies of gobioid oculoscapular canals showed their significance to gobioid systematics.[4]
References
- ^ Greenfield, D.; Larson, H.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Oxyurichthys takagi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T193018A2185033. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T193018A2185033.en. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Pezold F (1998). "Three new species of Oxyurichthys (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans". Copeia. 1998 (3): 687–695. doi:10.2307/1447798. JSTOR 1447798.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxyurichthys takagi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (17 January 2025). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 September 2025.