Karsten totoyensis

Karsten totoyensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Amblyopinae
Genus:	Karsten Murdy, 2002
Species:	K. totoyensis
Binomial name
Karsten totoyensis (Garman, 1903)
Synonyms
Gobioides totoyensis Garman, 1903 Taenioides coecus M. C. W. Weber, 1913 Brachyamblyopus coecus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)

Karsten totoyensis is a species of goby native to the western Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from the Philippines, Fiji and Indonesia. This species can be found over muddy or sandy substrates usually down to a depth of 55 metres (180 ft), but it has been recorded down to a depth of 1,122 metres (3,681 ft). This species grows to a length of 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.

Etymology

This species is the only known member of its genus,[1] whose name honours Karsten E. Hartel, a Curatorial Associate in Ichthyology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University, for his assistance to the describer's studies as well as assisting others over the years.[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Karsten totoyensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (6 December 2017). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.