Exyrias akihito

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Exyrias
Species: Exyrias akihito

Exyrias akihito Allen & Randall, 2005

Type locality: Amitori Bay, Iriomote Island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (depth: 28 m).

Holotype: NSMT-P 71648

Eponymy: akihito: named in honour of Emperor Akihito of Japan, who is a keen ichthyologist with a special interest in gobies.

Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 2005: Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 231–235. PDF Reference page.

Exyrias akihito in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

English: Akihito's Goby
日本語: イトヒキインコハゼ