Taenioides buchanani explained

Taenioides buchanani, the Burmese gobyeel, is a species of goby in the family Oxudercidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean along the eastern coast of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Description

Taenioides buchanani can reach a total length of 30cm (10inches).

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honour of Francis Hamilton-Buchanan (1762-1829), a Scottish physician and naturalist, who published an account of Indo-Gangetic fishes in 1822.^[1]

References

• Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z) . 8 March 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.