Lesueurigobius
Lesueurigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The generic name honours the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), for whom the type species, Lesueurigobius suerii, was named, Georg Duncker's name Lesueuria being preoccupied by a genus of comb jellies.
Species
Lesueur’s Goby
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGobiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations31
via GBIF
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Lesueurigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The generic name honours the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), for whom the type species, Lesueurigobius suerii, was named, Georg Duncker's name Lesueuria being preoccupied by a genus of comb jellies.
==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus: Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874) (Fries's goby) Lesueurigobius heterofasciatus Maul, 1971 Lesueurigobius koumansi (Norman, 1935) Lesueurigobius sanzi (F. de Buen, 1918) (Sanzo's goby) Lesueurigobius suerii (A. Risso, 1810) (Lesueur's goby)