Yongeichthys

For the Permian genus of coelacanth, see Youngichthys.

Yongeichthys
Yongeichthys criniger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Yongeichthys Whitley, 1932
Type species
Gobius criniger Valenciennes, 1837

Yongeichthys is a genus of gobies native to the coastal waters of the Atlantic coast of Africa, Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] The name of this genus honours the zoologist Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986), who led the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928–1929.[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger, 1916)
• Yongeichthys tuticorinensis (Fowler, 1925)

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Yongeichthys". FishBase. June 2013 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 September 2018.