Larsonella pumila

Larsonella pumila is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean from the coast of Africa to the western Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 1.9 centimetres (0.75 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1] The specific name honours the ichthyologist Helen K. Larson who was the Curator of Fishes at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, for her work on the taxonomy of Indo-Pacific gobies.^[2]

Larsonella pumila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Larsonella J. E. Randall & Senou, 2001
Species:	L. pumila
Binomial name
Larsonella pumila (Larson & Hoese, 1980)
Synonyms
Lubricogobius pumilus Larson & Hoese, 1980 Larsonella pumilis (Larson & Hoese, 1980)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Larsonella pumila". FishBase. June 2013 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 September 2018.