Biendongella

Biendongella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Amblyopinae
Genus: Biendongella
Prokofiev, 2015
Type species
Biendongella iljini
Prokofiev, 2015

Biendongella is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae native to the South China Sea. The generic name is formed by adding the diminutive suffix ella to the Vietnamese name for the South China Sea, Bien Dong.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): An Overview of Gobies of the Subfamily Amblyopinae (Gobiidae) from the Western South China Sea (Vietnam and Indonesia) and Pacific Waters of the Philippines. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 783–791.
  2. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 December 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.