Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Meteor goby
Common Names in Japanese:
Hime-kumohaze
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
米氏深鰕虎魚, 米氏深鰕虎鱼, 米氏細棘鰕虎魚, 米氏细棘鰕虎鱼
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
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)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
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)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
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)
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
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)
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
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)
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
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)
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
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)
- Order:
Perciformes
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)
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- Suborder:
Gobioidei
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)
- Family:
Gobiidae
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)
- Genus:
Acentrogobius
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)
- Bleeker, 1874
- Specific name:
koumansi
- Scientific name: - Acentrogobius koumansi
- Specific name:
koumansi
- Genus:
Acentrogobius
(
- Family:
Gobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Palutrus meteori • Palutrus meteori (Klausewitz & Zander, 1967)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acentrogobius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. audax (Blue-Spotted Mud-Goby) · A. balteata (Mud-Reef Goby) · A. bifrenatus (Bridled Goby) · A. bontii (Occasional-Shrimp Goby) · A. caninus (Tropical Sand Goby) · Gnatholepis anjerensis (Weeper) · A. chlorostigmatoides (Greenspot Goby) · A. dayi (Day´s Goby) · A. frenatus (Half-Bridled Goby) · A. griseus (Grey Goby) · A. janthinopterus (Robust Mangrove Goby) · A. koumansi (Meteor Goby) · A. masoni (Manson's Goby) · A. pflaumi (Pinafore Goby) · A. pflaumii (Striped Sandgoby) · A. simplex (Bagamoyo Goby) · A. suluensis (Sulu Goby) · A. therezieni (Malagasy Mountain Mullet) · A. viridipunctatus (Spotted Green Goby)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of type specimens of fishes in Chicago Natural History Museum [by] Marion Grey. 32 1947 [Chicago]1947. url p. 128.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 141328
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3995250
