Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] 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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Silhouettea J. L. B. Smith, 1959 |
| Type species | |
| Silhouettea insinuans J. L. B. Smith, 1959
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Species edit
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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)
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Silhouettea in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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