Ophiogobius jenynsi

Ophiogobius jenynsi is a species of ray-finned fish from the biology Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is a demersal, marine species which is found off the coast of Chile in the intertidal zone. It feeds mainly on crustaceans.^[2] This species was originally named as Gobius ophicephalus by Leonard Jenyns in 1842, subsequently misspelt as ophiocephalus, but this name was preoccupied by Pallas's 1811 Gobius ophiocephalus,^[3] Hoese renamed the species in honour of Jenyns in 1976.^[4] This is the only species in its genus.^[3]

Ophiogobius jenynsi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Ophiogobius
Species:	O. jenynsi
Binomial name
Ophiogobius jenynsi Hoese, 1976
Synonyms
Gobius ophicephalus Jenyns, 1842 Ophiogobius ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1842)