Brachygobius xanthozonus

Taxobox
name = "Brachygobius xanthozonus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Gobiidae
genus = "Brachygobius"
species = "B. xanthozonus"
binomial = "Brachygobius xanthozonus"
binomial_authority = (Bleeker, 1849)

"Brachygobius xanthozona" is a small (around 4 cm long) fresh and brackish water goby from Southeast Asia.FishBase species|genus= Brachygobius|species=xanthozona |year=2007|month=June]

Taxonomy

"Brachygobius xanthozona" is distinct from many of the other species in the genus "Brachygobius" and has been placed by some ichthyologists in the genus "Hypogymnogobius".Naomi Delventhal in Monks, Neale (2006): "Brackish Water Fishes", pp 131-132, TFH Publishing. ISBN ISBN 0-7938-0564-3] It is very rare in the wild, and has not been imported as an aquarium fish, despite the widespread use of the name in the aquarium literature.Naomi Delventhal in Monks, Neale (2006): "Brackish Water Fishes", pp 131-132, TFH Publishing. ISBN ISBN 0-7938-0564-3]

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