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: Wheelerigobius
Species: W. maltzani – W. wirtzi
Name
Wheelerigobius Miller, 1981: 275
Type species: Eleotris maltzani ♂ Steindachner, 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Miller, P.J. 1981: The systematic position of a west African gobioid fish, Eleotris maltzani Steindachner. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73(3): 273–286.
Maugé, A.L. 1986: Atherinidae (pp. 277-279), Ambassidae (pp. 297-298), Kuhliidae (pp. 306-307), Gobiidae (pp. 358-388), Eleotridae (pp. 389-398), Periophthalmidae (pp. 399-401). In: Daget et al. 1986: Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA.
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Wheelerigobius is a genus of gobies native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1] The name of this genus honours the British ichthyologist Alwyne C. Wheeler (1929-2005) who was the curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History).[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881)
Wheelerigobius wirtzi P. J. Miller, 1988 (Cameroon goby)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Wheelerigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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.
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