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Silhouettea
Sign in to saveSilhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGobiidae
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- 84
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- Family
- Gobiidae
- Collections
- UWFC, YPM, USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Palau, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, Australia, French Polynesia, South Africa, Micronesia, Philippines
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Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.
==Species== There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933) (Red Sea goby) Silhouettea capitlineta J. E. Randall, 2008 Silhouettea chaimi Goren, 1978 Silhouettea dotui (Takagi, 1957) Silhouettea evanida Larson & P. J. Miller, 1986 Silhouettea hoesei Larson & P. J. Miller, 1986 Silhouettea indica Visweswara Rao, 1971 Silhouettea insinuans J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Phantom goby) Silhouettea nuchipunctatus (Herre, 1934) Silhouettea sibayi Farquharson, 1970 (Barebreast goby)
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