Bollmannia

Bollmannia is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. The generic name honours the American naturalist Charles Harvey Bollman (1868–1889).[1]

Bollmannia
Ragged goby ( Bollmania communis ).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Bollmannia
D. S. Jordan, 1890
Type species
Bollmannia chlamydes
D. S. Jordan, 1890

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899 (White-eye goby)
  • Bollmannia chlamydes D. S. Jordan, 1890
  • Bollmannia communis Ginsburg, 1942 (Ragged goby)
  • Bollmannia eigenmanni (Garman, 1896) (Shelf goby)
  • Bollmannia gomezi Acero P., 1981 (Colombian goby)
  • Bollmannia litura Ginsburg, 1935
  • Bollmannia macropoma C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Frailscale goby)
  • Bollmannia marginalis Ginsburg, 1939 (Apostrophe goby)
  • Bollmannia ocellata C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Pennant goby)
  • Bollmannia stigmatura C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Tailspot goby)
  • Bollmannia umbrosa Ginsburg, 1939 (Dusky goby)

References

  1. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Bollmannia in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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