Cameroon goby
| Cameroon goby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Wheelerigobius |
| Species: | W. wirtzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Wheelerigobius wirtzi P. J. Miller, 1988
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Wheelerigobius wirtzi, the Cameroon goby, is a species of goby native to the Atlantic coast of Africa where it is so far known from Victoria Bay, Cameroon and São Tomé Island. This fish has been found at a depth of about 1 metre (3.3 ft) on a vertical rock face. The species can reach a length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL.[2] The specific name honours the ichthyologist and blenny taxonomist Peter Wirtz who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Wheelerigobius wirtzi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21131356A21913573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21131356A21913573.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Wheelerigobius wirtzi". 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 16 September 2018.