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: Yongeichthys
Species: Y. criniger – Y. thomasi – Y. tuticorinensis
Name
Yongeichthys Whitley, 1932: 302
Type species: Gobius criniger ♂ Valenciennes, 1837. Type by original designation.
References
Whitley, G.P. 1932: Fishes. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29: scientific reports. 4(9): 267–316, Pls. 1-4.
Lévêque, C. , D. Paugy & G.G. Teugels(eds.) 1992: Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Collection Fauna tropicale no. XXVIII. 2: 389–902.
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Yongeichthys is a genus of gobies native to the coastal waters of the Atlantic coast of Africa, Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] The name of this genus honours the zoologist Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986), who led the Great Barrier Reef Expedition of 1928–1929.[2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes, 1837)
Yongeichthys thomasi (Boulenger, 1916)
Yongeichthys tuticorinensis (Fowler, 1925)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Yongeichthys 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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