Oxyurichthys (Ctenoxylepis) keiensis

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Gobionellinae
Genus: Oxyurichthys
Subgenus: Ctenoxylepis

Species: Oxyurichthys (Ctenoxylepis) keiensis

Name

Oxyurichthys (Ctenoxylepis) keiensis (Smith, 1938)

• Holotype (unique): SAIAB 263.

Type locality: Great Kei River mouth, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Etymology: named after its type locality, the Great Kei River.

Synonyms

• Gobius keiensis Smith, 1938: 319
  • Ctenogobius keiensis (Smith, 1938) -- Smith, 1960: 301
  • Gobionellus keiensis (Smith, 1938) -- Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979: 4
  • Oligolepis keiensis Smith, 1938) -- Hoese, 1986: 796
• Ctenogobius acutipennis Smith, 1959: 196 /in part
  • Gobius acutipennis (Smith, 1959) -- Winterbottom, 1976: 67

Vernacular names

English: Kei Goby

References

• Pezold, F.L. & Larson, H.K. 2015. A revision of the fish genus Oxyurichthys (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3988(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3988.1.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-747-8 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-748-5 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Smith, J.L.B. 1938: A new gobioid fish from South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 26 (pt 4): 319–320.

Links

• Oxyurichthys (Ctenoxylepis) keiensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Oxyurichthys (Ctenoxylepis) keiensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.