Eleotrica
| Eleotrica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Eleotrica Ginsburg, 1933 |
| Species: | E. cableae |
| Binomial name | |
| Eleotrica cableae Ginsburg, 1933 | |
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Cable's goby (Eleotrica cableae) is a species of goby endemic to reefs around the Galápagos Islands. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the United States Government biologist Louella E. Cable (1900-1986), who illustrated this goby for the describer Isaac Ginsburg, and drew his attention to its separated ventral fins.[3]
References
- ^ Bensted-Smith, W.; Brandt, M.; Domínguez, O.; Espinoza, E.; Grove, J.S.; Keith, I.; Rivera, F.E.; Suárez, J.; Tapia, I.; Tirado-Sánchez, N. (2023). "Eleotrica cableae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T183407A217447187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T183407A217447187.en. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eleotrica cableae". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 August 2018.