Greenback gauvina

The greenback guavina (Bunaka gyrinoides) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae that inhabits fresh, marine, and brackish waters in estuaries and mangrove swamps from Sri Lanka to Micronesia and Australia. This species grows to a length of 34 cm (13 in), though most do not exceed 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Division:Teleostei

Order:Gobiiformes

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Greenback gauvina
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Eleotridae
Genus:	Bunaka Herre, 1927
Species:	B. gyrinoides
Binomial name
Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms
Eleotris gyrinoides Bleeker, 1853 Guavina gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853) Oxyeleotris gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853) Bunaka pinguis Herre, 1927 Lizettea pelewensis Herre, 1936 Bunaka pelewensis (Herre, 1936) Boroda francoi Roxas & Ablan, 1940 Bunaka sticta Herre, 1942

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