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: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Gobionellinae
Genus: Gillichthys
Species: G. mirabilis – G. seta
Name
Gillichthys Cooper, 1864: 109
Type species: Gillichthys mirabilis ♂ Cooper, 1864. Type by monotypy.
Synonyms
Aprolepis Hubbs, 1921: 1
Gillia Günther, 1865: 157
Gillichthys mirabilis
References
Cooper, J.G. 1864; On new genera and species of Californian fishes--No. III. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) 3(7-8): 108–114.
Castro-Aguirre, J.L. , H. Espinosa Pérez & J.J. Schmitter-Soto 1999: Ictiofauna estuarino-Lagunar y vicaria de México. Colección Textos Politécnicos. Serie Biotechnologías. 1-711.
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Gillichthys is a genus of gobies native to the coasts of Baja California and southern California.
Etymology
"Gillichthys" literally means "Gill's fish". It was named in honor of the ichthyologist Theodore Gill.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
Gillichthys detrusus Gilbert & Scofield, 1898 (Delta mudsucker)
Gillichthys mirabilis J. G. Cooper, 1864 (Longjaw mudsucker)
Gillichthys seta (Ginsburg, 1938) (Shortjaw mudsucker)
References
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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Gillichthys in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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