Silhouettea

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Silhouettea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Silhouettea
J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Type species
Silhouettea insinuans
J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Synonyms
  • Minictenogobiops Goren, 1978

Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.[2]

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