Buenia

Buenia
Buenia affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Buenia
Iljin, 1930
Type species
Gobius affinis
Kolombatovic, 1891

Buenia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus and the common name of the type species honour Fernando de Buen y Lozano (1895-1962), the Spanish oceanographer and marine biologist.[1]

Species

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

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Buenia". FishBase. April 2013 version.


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