Gobiodon aoyagii

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: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobiodon
Species: Gobiodon aoyagii

Name

Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa, Suzuki & Aizawa, 2013

• Holotype: NSMT-P 111422.
• Paratypes: 56 specimens.

Type locality: Barasu, Iriomote-jima Island [1], Yaeyama Group of Ryukyu Islands.

Etymology: The species is named after the late Hyoji Aoyagi (1912–1971), a Japanese ichthyologist who first provided accounts of this species from Japan (as Gobiodon rivulatus) with an excellent illustration.

Vernacular names

日本語: Akaten-koban-haze

References

• Aoyagi, H.; 1943: Coral fishes. Part 1. Maruzen Co. Ltd, Tokyo. viii+xii+224 pp., 37 pls

• Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Aizawa, M. 2013. Gobiodon aoyagii, a New Coral Goby (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae, Gobiinae) from the West Pacific, with Redescription of a Similarly colored Congener Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker, 1875. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A 39(3): 143–165. Reference page.