Bollmannia

Bollmannia
Temporal range: Tortonian–present
Ragged goby (Bollmania communis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Bollmannia
D. S. Jordan, 1890
Type species
Bollmannia chlamydes
D. S. Jordan, 1890

Bollmannia is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. The generic name honours the American naturalist Charles Harvey Bollman (1868–1889).

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

One fossil taxon is also known from otolith remains:

References

  1. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bollmannia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Aguilera, Orangel A. (2024-03-06). "Otoliths of the Gobiidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 143 (1): 13. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00302-5. ISSN 1664-2384.