Nesogobius tigrinus

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: Nesogobius

Species: Nesogobius tigrinus

Name

Nesogobius tigrinus Hammer et al., 2015

• Holotype: SAMA F11946.
• Paratypes: SAMA F11947 (0, 1), F11967 (1, 0), F12513 (6), F12265 (1, 0); AMS I.46512–001 (5), I.46512–002 (1, c&s); NMV A31188–001 (5); NTM S.17854–001 (1,0), S.17855–001 (0, 1).

Type locality: Western Cove, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 35°44'1" S, 137°35'18" E.

Etymology: From the Latin tigrinus meaning banded.

Vernacular names

English: Tiger Sandgoby

References

• Hammer, M. P., Hoese, D. F. & Bertozzi, T. 2015. A new species of Near-shore Marine Goby (Pisces: Gobiidae: Nesogobius) from Kangaroo Island, Australia. Zootaxa 4057 (3): 371–384. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.4 Reference page.