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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: Evermannichthys
Species: E. bicolor – E. convictor – E. metzelaari – E. silus – E. spongicola
Name

Evermannichthys Metzelaar, 1919:139

Type species: Evermannichthys spongicola ♂, Metzelaar 1919. Type by monotypy.
References

Metzelaar, J. 1919: Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage. 1-314.
Gilbert, C.R. & G.H. Burgess 1986: Variation in western Atlantic gobiid fishes of the genus Evermannichthys. Copeia, 1986(1): 157–165.

Vernacular names
English: Gobies

Evermannichthys is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas including the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Species

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

Evermannichthys bicolor Thacker, 2001
Evermannichthys convictor J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1969 (Tenant goby)
Evermannichthys metzelaari C. L. Hubbs, 1923 (Sponge goby)
Evermannichthys silus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1969 (Pugnose goby)
Evermannichthys spongicola (Radcliffe, 1917)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Evermannichthys in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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