Gobiosoma alfiei

Taxonavigation

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: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobiosoma
Species: Gobiosoma alfiei

Name

Gobiosoma alfiei Joyeux & Macieira, 2015

Holotype: CIUFES 3114.

Paratypes: many.

Type locality: tidepool at Praia dos Castelhanos, Anchieta, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 20°50'S 40°37'W.

Etymology: name honors Alfredo Carvalho-Filho ─Alfie, as he calls himself, a self-made ichthyologist in his spare time, for his contribution to the advancement in the diversity and taxonomy of Brazilian marine fishes and his friendship.

Note: Species was formerly misidentified with Gobiosoma hemigymnum (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) -- Joyeux et al., 2009; Gobiosoma spilotum (Ginsburg, 1939) -- Rocha et al., 1998; and Gobiosoma parri Ginsburg, 1933 -- Gomes, et al., 2014.

References

• Gomes, E. A. P., Campos, P. N. & Bonecker, A. C., 2014: Occurrence of Gobiidae larvae in a tropical Brazilian estuary, with particular emphasis on the use of size classes to categorize species guilds. Journal of Fish Biology 84 (4), 996–1013. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12340

• Joyeux, J.-C., Van Tassell, J.L. & Macieira, R.M. 2009. Barbulifer enigmaticus, a new seven-spined goby (Pisces: Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2022: 58–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Rocha, L.A., Rosa, I.L. & Rosa, R.S. 1998. Peixes recifais da costa da Paraíba, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 15: 553–566. DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81751998000200017 Reference page. 
• Van Tassell, J.L., Joyeux, J-C., Macieira, R.M. & Tornabene, L. 2015. Status of Gobiosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of G. hemigymnum, molecular phylogeny of the genus, and key to Atlantic species. Zootaxa 4007(4): 451–480. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.1 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Alfie’s Goby
português: Amboré do Alfie