Rhinogobius carpenteri is a freshwater species of goby endemic to the Philippines.[1] Its common name in the Philippines is kuchu. The species was named for the co-collector of the cotypes, Mr. W. D. Carpenter.[2] In 1927, Albert William Christian Theodore Herre erected a new genus in the family Gobiidae, Tukugobius and moved R. carpenteri into it as the type species,[3] but the genus was later rendered invalid.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Rhinogobius |
| Species: | R. carpenteri
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| Rhinogobius carpenteri Seale, 1910
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Description
editIt grows up to 5.9 cm (2.3 in) SL,[5] and is dull yellow-brown, whitish under the jaw, eyes blue, grayish fins with two silvery white anterior spines, silvery white anal fin rays, with the caudal fins shading to dusky at the tip.[6] Additionally, this species reaches a length of 5.9 cm (2.3 in)
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of American naturalist William Dorr Carpenter (1879-1958), who helped collect the type specimen.[7]
References
edit- ^ Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977.
- ^ Herre, Albert W. 1927. Gobies of the Philippines and the China Sea, Monographs of The Bureau of Science, Manila, 23, p. 123.
- ^ Herre, 1927, pp. 119-121 and Plate 29.
- ^ Okada, Yaichiro. 1961. Studies on the Freshwater Fishes of Japan. 862 pp, 61 plates, 133 text-fig., 135 tables. Japan: Prefectural University of Mie; Tsu, Mie Prefecture 1959-1960; p. 659. Also cited as: Okada, Yaichiro. 1960. Studies on the freshwater fishes of Japan. II. Special Part. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie, 4: 589-860.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhinogobius carpenteri". FishBase. March 2013 version.
- ^ Seale, 1910, pp. 535-536.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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