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Kelloggella is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. This genus is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The genus name honours the American entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937) of Stanford University, the discoverer of Kelloggella cardinalis.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyGobiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded305

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
16
With media
5
Family
Gobiidae
Collections
UWFC, USNM, FMNH, AM, BPBM, MAGNT
Recorded in
United States, Seychelles, Indonesia, Philippines, Easter Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gobiinae
Image
Kelloggella cardinalis.jpg
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Commons category
Kelloggella
taxon name
Kelloggella
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Kelloggella
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Encyclopedic overview

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Kelloggella is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. This genus is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The genus name honours the American entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937) of Stanford University, the discoverer of Kelloggella cardinalis.

==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Kelloggella avaiki Tornabene, Deis & Erdmann, 2017 (Star-spangled goby) Kelloggella cardinalis D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Cardinal goby) Kelloggella disalvoi J. E. Randall, 2009 (Disalvo's goby) Kelloggella oligolepis (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) Kelloggella quindecimfasciata (Fowler, 1946) (Central goby) Kelloggella tricuspidata (Herre, 1935)

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