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Amblygobius hectori (Smith, 1957) 
AphiaID: 219375

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Amblygobius (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Koumansetta hectori (Smith, 1957)
Rank Species
Parent Amblygobius Bleeker, 1874
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. & M.M. Smith (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

source of synonymy: Fishbase, version may 2010 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Hector's goby  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
East Africa [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits sandy bottoms of reef bases. [details]

Remark: Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. Date 1956 in Randall, often classified in the genus Seychellea<307>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219375
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-18 06:08:16Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2010-05-06 09:57:44Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Amblygobius hectori (Smith, 1957). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219375 on 2013-05-26
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