Silhouettea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Silhouettea J. L. B. Smith, 1959 |
Type species | |
Silhouettea insinuans J. L. B. Smith, 1959
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Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.[2]
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]