Buenia
Appearance
Buenia | |
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Buenia affinis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Buenia Iljin, 1930 |
Type species | |
Gobius affinis Kolombatovic, 1891
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Buenia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus and the common name of the type species honour Fernando de Buen y Lozano (1895-1962), the Spanish oceanographer and marine biologist.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Buenia affinis Iljin, 1930 (de Buen's goby)
- Buenia jeffreysii (Günther, 1867) (Jeffrey's goby)
- Buenia massutii Kovačić, Ordines & Schliewen, 2017
References
[edit]- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Buenia". FishBase. April 2013 version.