Evermannia
Genus of fishes
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Evermannia is a genus of gobies native to the eastern central Pacific Ocean coast of the Americas from Baja California to Panama. The genus name honours the American ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann (1853–1932).[1]
| Evermannia | |
|---|---|
| Evermannia zosterura | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Evermannia D. S. Jordan, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Gobiosoma zosterurum D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 | |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Evermannia erici W. A. Bussing, 1983
- Evermannia longipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) (Enigmatic goby)
- Evermannia panamensis C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Evermannia zosterura (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Bandedtail goby)