Akihito

For taxon authority, see Akihito (authority).

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Sicydiinae
Genus: Akihito
Species: A. futuna – A. vanuatu

Name

Akihito Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007: 342

Type species: Akihito vanuatu ♂ Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

Etymology: Akihito: named after Japanese Emperor Akihito "for his many contributions to goby systematics and phylogenetic research". [Watson, Keith & Marquet, 2007: 342]

References

Primary references

• Watson, R.E., Keith, P. & Marquet, G. 2007. Akihito vanuatu, a new genus and new species of freshwater goby (Sicydiinae) from the South Pacific. Cybium 31(3): 341–349. DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2007-313-003 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Keith, P., Lord, C., Lorion, J., Watanabe, S., Tsukamoto, K., Couloux, A., & Dettai, A. (2011). Phylogeny and biogeography of Sicydiinae (Teleostei: Gobiidae) inferred from mitochonrdrial and nuclear genes. Marine Biology 158 (2): 311–326.
• Parenti, P. 2021. A checklist of the gobioid fishes of the world (Percomorpha: Gobiiformes). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 8(Suppl. 1): 1–480. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Akihito's Gobies
日本語: アキヒト属
中文: 明仁虾虎鱼属