Small-eyed goby

The small-eyed goby (Austrolethops wardi) is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the Indian Ocean through the western Pacific Ocean where it inhabits areas of coral rubble. As its common name suggests, this species has particularly small eyes. This species grows to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The small-eyed goby is specialised to feed on seagrass and they share a burrows with mud lobsters of the genus Thalassina.[3] The specific name honours Charles Melbourne Ward (1903-1966), the Australian actor, naturalist and collector of specimens who collected the type specimen.[4]

Small-eyed goby
holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Austrolethops
Species:
A. wardi
Binomial name
Austrolethops wardi
Whitley, 1935

References
  1. Greenfield, D. & Larson, H. (2016). "Austrolethops wardi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68328081A68333624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68328081A68333624.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Austrolethops wardi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Dianne J. Bray. "Austrolethops wardi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. 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.


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