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| Kinds | - Bollmannia boqueronensis, White-eye Goby
- Bollmannia chlamydes, Orangespotted goby
- Bollmannia communis, Ragged Goby
- Bollmannia eigenmanni, Shelf Goby
- Bollmannia gomezi, Colombian Goby
- Bollmannia litura
- Bollmannia longipinnis
- Bollmannia macropoma, Frailscale goby
- Bollmannia marginalis, Apostrophe goby
- Bollmannia ocellata, Pennant goby
- Bollmannia pawneea
- Bollmannia sp_sftep_a, Slender goby
- Bollmannia stigmatura, Tail-spot goby
- Bollmannia umbrosa, Dusky goby
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Main identification features
- head and body compressed
- d: vii, often very long
- c: very long, pointed
- mouth large, very oblique
- pelvics form disc
- scales large, rough, on body and head
BOLLMANNIA
GOBIES
Body compressed, head rounded; 1st dorsal fin with VII spines, often very elongated in both sexes; 2nd dorsal I, 11-15; anal I, 10-15; pelvics fused to form disc, front margin of disc scalloped; mouth large, very oblique; teeth in several rows; tail long (30-50% of standard length), strongly pointed; a few large scales on cheek & operculum, and on nape; scales large (23-28 rows along body), rough; 6-10 scales before dorsal fin; medium to large scales on base of pectoral fin.
A neotropical genus with 12 species; with 7 endemic representatives in the tropical eastern Pacific.
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References |
- Bedenbaugh, R. L., 1988., A review of the Pacific members of the gobiid fish genus Bollmannia Jordan., Old Dominion University:1-56.
- Birdsong , R. S. , Murdy , E. O. and Pezold, F. L., 1988., A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42:174-214.
- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo . Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- Gilbert, C.H., 1892., Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross." 22. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 14:539-566.
- Ginsburg, I., 1939., Twenty-one new American gobies., J. Wash. Acad.Sci., 29(2):51-63.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Jordan , D.S. and Bollman, C.H., 1890., Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-88, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12:149-183.
- Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136.
- Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
- Pezold III, F. L., 1984., A revision of the gobioid fish genus gobionellus. Ph.D. diss., University of Texas:269 pp.
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