Thalasseleotris is a genus of gobies comprising two species in the family Thalasseleotrididae from the south-western Pacific Ocean in the seas off Australia and New Zealand.[2] The generic name is derived from the Greek Thalassa meaning "sea" and the generic name Eleotris as at the time it was named the genus was considered to be in the family Eleotridae.[3]
Thalasseleotris | |
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Holotype of the Cryptic Sea Gudgeon, Thalasseleotris adela | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Thalasseleotrididae |
Genus: | Thalasseleotris Hoese & Larson, 1987[1] |
Species
editThe two species in Thalasseleotris are:[4]
- Thalasseleotris adela Hoese & Larson, 1987 - Marine gudgeon
- Thalasseleotris iota Hoese & Roberts, 2005 - New Zealand pygmy sleeper
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Thalasseleotris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Helen K. Larson (2011). "Introduction". In Patzner, R.; J.L. Van Tassell; M. Kovacic (eds.). The Biology of Gobies. Verlag Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-436-4.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Thalasseleotris". FishBase. June 2018 version.