''Odontamblyopus rebecca'' is a species of
eel goby
Amblyopinae is a subfamily of elongated mud-dwelling gobies commonly called eel gobies or worm gobies; it has been regarded as a subfamily of the family Gobiidae, while the 5th edition ''Fishes of the World'' classifies it as a subfamily of th ...
native to marine and brackish waters of
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. This species can reach a length of
SL. This species is mostly known from several specimens collected from a fish market in
Haiphong, Vietnam.
[Murdy, E. O. & Shibukawa, K. (2003):]
''Odontamblyopus rebecca'', a new species of amblyopine goby from Vietnam with a key to known species of the genus (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae).
''Zootaxa, 138: 1-6.''
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 Edward O. Murdy's wife Rebecca Rootes.
References
Amblyopinae
Fish of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Fish described in 2003
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