''Lesueurigobius'' is a
genus
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of
gobies native to the eastern
Atlantic Ocean
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. The generic name honours the
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), for whom the
type species
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, ''Lesueurigobius suerii'', was named,
Georg Duncker's name ''Lesueuria'' being preoccupied by a genus of
comb jellies.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Lesueurigobius friesii''
( Malm, 1874) (Fries's goby)
* ''
Lesueurigobius heterofasciatus''
Maul, 1971
* ''
Lesueurigobius koumansi''
(Norman
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, 1935)
* ''
Lesueurigobius sanzi''
( F. de Buen, 1918) (Sanzo's goby)
* ''
Lesueurigobius suerii''
( A. Risso, 1810) (Lesueur's goby)
References
Gobiinae
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