Evermannia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern central Pacific Ocean coast of the Americas from Baja California to Panama. The genus name honours the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932).[1]
Evermannia | |
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Evermannia zosterura | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Evermannia D. S. Jordan, 1895 |
Type species | |
Gobiosoma zosterurum D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
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Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Evermannia erici W. A. Bussing, 1983
- Evermannia longipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) (Enigmatic goby)
- Evermannia panamensis C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Evermannia zosterura (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Bandedtail goby)
References
edit- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Evermannia". FishBase. June 2013 version.