Mudsucker

Mudsucker
Mudsucker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gillichthys
Species

Gillichthys mirabilis
Gillichthys seta

Mudsuckers (Gillichthys) is a genus of gobies, native to the coasts of Baja California and southern California. The name of the genus literally means "Gill's fish", in honor of ichthyologist and goby specialist Theodore Gill.

The genus consists of two species:

  • Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper, 1864 - Longjaw mudsucker
  • Gillichthys seta (Ginsburg, 1938) - Shortjaw mudsucker

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