Biendongella
Biendongella is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae native to the South China Sea.[1] The generic name is formed by adding the diminutive suffix ella to the Vietnamese name for the South China Sea, Bien Dong.[2]
| Biendongella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyopinae |
| Genus: | Biendongella Prokofiev, 2015 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Biendongella iljini Prokofiev, 2015 | |
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
References
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): An Overview of Gobies of the Subfamily Amblyopinae (Gobiidae) from the Western South China Sea (Vietnam and Indonesia) and Pacific Waters of the Philippines. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 783–791.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 December 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
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