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Woods' Barbelgoby

Gobiopsis woodsi Lachner & McKinney 1978

Gobiopsis woodsi

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Gobiopsis woodsi, Woods' barbelgoby, is a species of goby found in the Indo-west Pacific. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 4.2 cm (1.7 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Loren P. Woods (1914–1979), the Curator of Fishes, at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, it was he who collected all but two of the known specimens at the time.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lachner, E.A. and J.F. McKinney, 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Gobiopsis with descriptions of four new species (Pisces: Gobiidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 262:52 p.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gobiopsis woodsi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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Gobiopsis woodsi: Brief Summary

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Gobiopsis woodsi, Woods' barbelgoby, is a species of goby found in the Indo-west Pacific.

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