Ogilbia suarezae
Ogilbia suarezae is a species of fish of the genus Ogilbia found in the shallows of the Caribbean Sea. It is yellowish in color and is livebearing.[2]
| Ogilbia suarezae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Genus: | Ogilbia |
| Species: | O. suarezae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ogilbia suarezae Møller, Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2005 | |
Etymology
It was named in honor of Susan Suarez, a professor at Cornell University, in recognition of her careful study of the reproductive biology of the related fish Ogilbia cayorum.[3]
References
- Robins, R.H. & Carpenter, K.E. (2015). "Ogilbia suarezae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190355A16510537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190355A16510537.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Ogilbia suarezae" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2017). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- Ogilbia suarezae Moller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen 2005, Aqua 10(4):194
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