''Echinogobius hayashii'', the cheek-streaked goby, is a
species of
goby native to western
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. This species can be found at depths of from living in areas with strong tidal currents and a sandy substrate. This species grows to a length of
SL. This species is the only known member of its
genus.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honours
Masayoshi Hayashi
Masayoshi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Masayoshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*, "correct, justice, righteous; wherefore, a reason"
*, "correct, justice, righteous; righteousness, justice, ...
, a curator at Yokosuka City Museum, who collected the
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
specimens.
References
External links
Cheekstreak Goby @ ''fishesofaustralia.net.au
cheek-streaked goby
Fish of Japan
Marine fish of Western Australia
Taxa named by Akihisa Iwata
Taxa named by Seiichi Hosoya
Taxa named by Yasuo Niimura
cheek-streaked goby
{{Gobiidae-stub