Dark mangrovegoby

The dark mangrovegoby (Dotsugobius bleekeri) is a species of fish in the family Gobiidae known from brackish estuarine and the adjacent freshwater areas of the eastern Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea and Western Pacific.^[4][2]

Dark mangrovegoby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Dotsugobius Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Senou, 2014 [2]
Species:	D. bleekeri
Binomial name
Dotsugobius bleekeri (Popta, 1921)
Synonyms[3]
Lophogobius bleekeri Popta, 1921

Etymology

The generic name honours the Japanese ichthyologist Yoshie Dotsu of Nagasaki University, whose surname was spelled "Dôtu" in his earlier publications, while the specific name honours the Dutch ichthyologist, herpetologist and physician Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878) who was a significant worker on the fish fauna of the Dutch East Indies.^[5] This species is placed in the genus Lophogobius by some authorities.^[6]