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Eleotrica

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Eleotrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Eleotrica
Ginsburg, 1933
Species:
E. cableae
Binomial name
Eleotrica cableae
Ginsburg, 1933
Synonyms

For Genus Eleotrica:

  • Alepideleotris Herre, 1935

Cable's goby (Eleotrica cableae) is a species of goby endemic to reefs around the Galápagos Islands. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours the United States Government biologist Louella E. Cable (1900-1986), who illustrated this goby for the describer Isaac Ginsburg, and drew his attention to its separated ventral fins.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Bensted-Smith, W.; Brandt, M.; Domínguez, O.; Espinoza, E.; Grove, J.S.; Keith, I.; Rivera, F.E.; Suárez, J.; Tapia, I.; Tirado-Sánchez, N. (2023). "Eleotrica cableae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T183407A217447187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T183407A217447187.en. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eleotrica cableae". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 August 2018.