Navigobius dewa is a species of dartfish native to the western Pacific Ocean where it is only known from the waters around southern Japan. This species grows to a length of 40.7 centimetres (16.0 in) SL.[1][2]

Navigobius dewa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Navigobius
Species:
N. dewa
Binomial name
Navigobius dewa
Hoese & Motomura, 2009

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Shin-ichi Dewa of Kagoshima, Japan, who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Navigobius dewa". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. ^ Hoese, D.F. & Motomura, H. (2009): Descriptions of two new genera and species of pterelotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Teleostei: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships. Zootaxa, 2312: 49–59.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 August 2024.