Ophiogobius jenynsi

Ophiogobius jenynsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ophiogobius
Species:
O. jenynsi
Binomial name
Ophiogobius jenynsi
Hoese, 1976
Synonyms
  • Gobius ophicephalus Jenyns, 1842
  • Ophiogobius ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1842)

Ophiogobius jenynsi is a species of ray-finned fish from the biology Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is a demersal, marine species which is found off the coast of Chile in the intertidal zone. It feeds mainly on crustaceans. This species was originally named as Gobius ophicephalus by Leonard Jenyns in 1842, subsequently misspelt as ophiocephalus, but this name was preoccupied by Pallas's 1811 Gobius ophiocephalus, Hoese renamed the species in honour of Jenyns in 1976. This is the only species in its genus.

References

  1. ↑ Robertson, R.; Domínguez, O.; Tornabene, L.; Van Tassell, J. (2025). "Ophiogobius jenynsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T190966A1963175. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophiogobius jenynsi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ophiogobius jenynsi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 September 2018.