Dark mangrovegoby

Dotsugobius bleekeri, also known as the dark mangrovegoby, is a species of fish in the family Gobiidae known from brackish estuarine and the adjacent freshwater areas of the eastern Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea and Western Pacific.^[3][1]

Dark mangrovegoby
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Dotsugobius Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Senou, 2014 [1]
Species:	D. bleekeri
Binomial name
Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta, 1921)
Synonyms[2]
Lophogobius bleekeri Popta, 1921

Etymology

The generic name honours the Japanese ichthyologist Yoshie Dotsu, whose surname was spelled “Dôtu” in his earlier publications, of Nagasaki University while the specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist, herpetologist and physician Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878) who was a significant worker on the fish fauna of the Dutch East Indies.^[4] This species is placed in the genus Lophogobius by some authorities.^[5]

References

1. Shibukawa, K.; Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2014). "Dotsugobius, a New Genus for Lophogobius bleekeri Popta, 1921 (Actinopterygii, Gobioidei, Gobiidae), with Re-description of the Species" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Ser. A. 40 (3): 141–160.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Dotsugobius bleekeri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dotsugobius bleekeri". FishBase. June 2018 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 February 2024). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 25.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
5. Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Lophogobius bleekeri Popta, 1921". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2024.