''Tomiyamichthys'' is a

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of gobies found from the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

through the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

to the western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

Etymology

The name of this genus honours the

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 ...

ese

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

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of the Tokyo Imperial University, who described the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

, '' Tomiyamichthys oni'', in 1936.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: * '' Tomiyamichthys alleni'' Iwata, Ohnishi &

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, 2000 (Allen's shrimpgoby) * ''

Tomiyamichthys dorsostigma ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial University, who des ...

'' Bogorodsky, Kovačić & J. E. Randall, 2011 * ''

Tomiyamichthys elliotensis ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial University, who des ...

'' (Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby, 2023) * ''

Tomiyamichthys fourmanoiri ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial University, who des ...

'' (

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, 1956) * ''

Tomiyamichthys gomezi ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial University, who des ...

'' G. R. Allen &

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, 2012 (Gomez' shrimpgoby) * ''

Tomiyamichthys lanceolatus ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial University, who des ...

'' ( Yanagisawa, 1978) (Lanceolate shrimpgoby) * ''

Tomiyamichthys latruncularius ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial University, who des ...

'' ( Klausewitz, 1974) (Fan shrimpgoby) * ''

Tomiyamichthys levisquama ''Tomiyamichthys'' is a genus of gobies found from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean. Etymology The name of this genus honours the Japanese Ichthyology, ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama of the Tokyo Imperial Universit ...

'' Hoese,

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& J. W. Johnson, 2016Hoese, D.F., Shibukawa, K. & Johnson, J.W. (2016): Description of a new species of ''Tomiyamichthys'' from Australia with a discussion of the generic name. ''Zootaxa, 4079 (5): 582-594.'' * '' Tomiyamichthys nudus'' G. R. Allen &

, 2012 (Scale-less shrimpgoby) * '' Tomiyamichthys oni'' ( Tomiyama, 1936) (Monster shrimpgoby) * '' Tomiyamichthys praealta'' ( Lachner &

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, 1981) (Tall-fin shrimpgoby) * '' Tomiyamichthys russus'' ( Cantor, 1849) (Ocellated shrimpgoby) * '' Tomiyamichthys smithi'' ( I. S. Chen & L. S. Fang, 2003) (Smith's shrimpgoby) * '' Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus'' J. E. Randall & I. S. Chen, 2007 (Long-spot shrimpgoby) * '' Tomiyamichthys zonatus'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Brown-band shrimpgoby)

References

Gobiinae Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith {{Gobiidae-stub