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Myersina Herre, 1934

AphiaID

269920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269920)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816

Direct children (14)

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Species Myersina adonis Shibukawa & Satapoomin, 2006
Species Myersina balteata Greenfield & Randall, 2018
Species Myersina crocata (Wongratana, 1975)
Species Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Myersina lachneri Hoese & Lubbock, 1982
Species Myersina macrostoma Herre, 1934
Species Myersina nigrivirgata Akihito & Meguro, 1983
Species Myersina papuanus (Peters, 1877)
Species Myersina pretoriusi (Smith, 1958)
Species Myersina yangii (Chen, 1960)
Species Myersina crocatus (Wongratana, 1975) accepted as Myersina crocata (Wongratana, 1975) (misspelling)
Species Myersina larsonae Allen, 1999 accepted as Stonogobiops larsonae (Allen, 1999)
Species Myersina papuensis (Peters, 1877) accepted as Myersina papuanus (Peters, 1877) (misspelling)
Species Myersina shigensis (Kuroda, 1956) accepted as Cryptocentrus shigensis Kuroda, 1956 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Herre, A. W. C. T. (1934). Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931. The fishes of the Herre 1931 Philippine expedition with descriptions of 17 new species. Newspaper Enterprise Litd., Hong Kong. 1-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34633398#page/19/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Myersina Herre, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269920 on 2026-10-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Herre, A. W. C. T. (1934). Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931. The fishes of the Herre 1931 Philippine expedition with descriptions of 17 new species. Newspaper Enterprise Litd., Hong Kong. 1-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34633398#page/19/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]