Rhinogobius carpenteri | |
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Rhinogobius_carpenteri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Rhinogobius |
Species: | R. carpenteri
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Binomial name | |
Rhinogobius carpenteri
Seale, 1910
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Synonyms | |
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Rhinogobius carpenteri is a freshwater species of goby endemic to the Philippines. [1] Its common name in the Philippines is kuchu. The species was named for the co-collector of the cotypes, Mr. W. D. Carpenter. [2] In 1927, Albert William Christian Theodore Herre erected a new genus in the family Gobiidae, Tukugobius and moved R. carpenteri into it as the type species, [3] but the genus was later rendered invalid. [4]
It grows up to 5.9 cm (2.3 in) SL, [5] and is dull yellow-brown, whitish under the jaw, eyes blue, grayish fins with two silvery white anterior spines, silvery white anal fin rays, with the caudal fins shading to dusky at the tip. [6] Additionally, this species reaches a length of 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
The fish is named in honor of American naturalist William Dorr Carpenter (1879-1958), who helped collect the type specimen. [7]
Rhinogobius carpenteri | |
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Rhinogobius_carpenteri | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Rhinogobius |
Species: | R. carpenteri
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Binomial name | |
Rhinogobius carpenteri
Seale, 1910
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Synonyms | |
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Rhinogobius carpenteri is a freshwater species of goby endemic to the Philippines. [1] Its common name in the Philippines is kuchu. The species was named for the co-collector of the cotypes, Mr. W. D. Carpenter. [2] In 1927, Albert William Christian Theodore Herre erected a new genus in the family Gobiidae, Tukugobius and moved R. carpenteri into it as the type species, [3] but the genus was later rendered invalid. [4]
It grows up to 5.9 cm (2.3 in) SL, [5] and is dull yellow-brown, whitish under the jaw, eyes blue, grayish fins with two silvery white anterior spines, silvery white anal fin rays, with the caudal fins shading to dusky at the tip. [6] Additionally, this species reaches a length of 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
The fish is named in honor of American naturalist William Dorr Carpenter (1879-1958), who helped collect the type specimen. [7]