Evermannia
Evermannia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern central Pacific Ocean coast of the Americas from Baja California to Panama. The genus name honours the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853-1932).[1]
| Evermannia | |
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| Evermannia zosterura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Evermannia D. S. Jordan, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Gobiosoma zosterurum D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 | |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Evermannia erici W. A. Bussing, 1983
- Evermannia longipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) (Enigmatic goby)
- Evermannia panamensis C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Evermannia zosterura (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Bandedtail goby)
References
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Evermannia in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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