Gobiopsis
Encyclopedia
Gobiopsis is a genus
of gobies
of the family
Gobiidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of gobies
Goby
The gobies form the family Gobiidae, which is one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm in length...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Gobiidae.
Species
- Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney, 1978
- Gobiopsis aporia Lachner & McKinney, 1978
- Gobiopsis arenaria (SnyderJohn Otterbein SnyderJohn Otterbein Snyder was an American zoologist.As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoology instructor at Stanford University and served there from 1899 until 1943. He went on several major collecting expeditions aboard the USS Albatross...
, 1908) - New Zealand black gobyNew Zealand black gobyThe New Zealand black goby, Gobiopsis atrata, is a goby of the family Gobiidae, found around northern New Zealand to depths of about 30 m, in reef areas of broken rock and sand or mud...
, Gobiopsis atrata (Griffin, 1933) - Bravo's bearded goby, Gobiopsis bravoi (HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1940) - Checkered goby, Gobiopsis canalis Lachner & McKinney, 1978
- Gobiopsis exigua Lachner & McKinney, 1979
- Longjaw goby, Gobiopsis macrostoma SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1860 - Gobiopsis malekulae (HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1935) - Snakehead goby, Gobiopsis pinto (Smith, 1947)
- Gobiopsis quinquecincta (Smith, 1931)
- Gobiopsis springeri Lachner & McKinney, 1979
- Gobiopsis woodsi Lachner & McKinney, 1978