Lesueurigobius | |
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Fries's Goby (L. friesii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
Genus: | Lesueurigobius Whitley, 1950 |
Type species | |
Gobius suerii A. Risso, 1810
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Synonyms | |
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Lesueurigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The generic name honours the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), for whom the type species, Lesueurigobius suerii, was named, Georg Duncker's name Lesueuria being preoccupied by a genus of comb jellies.[1]
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]