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Cheek-streaked goby

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Cheek-streaked goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Echinogobius
Iwata, S. Hosoya & Niimura, 1998
Species:
E. hayashii
Binomial name
Echinogobius hayashii

Echinogobius hayashii, the cheek-streaked goby, is a species of goby found in the Indo-West Pacific from western Australia to Fiji and Japan. This species can be found at depths of from 1 to 20 metres (3.3 to 65.6 ft) living in areas with strong tidal currents and a sandy substrate. The cheek-streaked goby grows to a standard length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in). This species is the only known member of the monotypic genus Echinogobius.[2]

Etymology

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The specific name honours Masayoshi Hayashi, a curator at Yokosuka City Museum, who collected the type specimens.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Stiefel, K.M. (2024). "Echinogobius hayashii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T193077A2192038. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T193077A2192038.en. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Echinogobius hayashii". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (28 December 2023). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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