''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
''Lesueurigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The generic name honours the French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), for whom the type species, ''Lesueurigobius suerii'', was named, Georg Duncker ...
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(Norman
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, 1935)
* ''
Lesueurigobius sanzi''
( F. de Buen, 1918) (Sanzo's goby)
* ''
Lesueurigobius suerii
Lesueur's goby (''Lesueurigobius suerii'') is a species of goby native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean near the coasts of the Canary Islands and Morocco as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. This species occurs at depths down to through most of i ...
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( A. Risso, 1810) (Lesueur's goby)
References
Gobiinae
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