Wirz's goby

Wirz's goby (Oxuderces wirzi) is a species of goby found in Oceania from Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.^[1][2]

Wirz's goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Oxuderces
Species:	O. wirzi
Binomial name
Oxuderces wirzi (Koumans, 1937)
Synonyms
Apocryptodon wirzi Koumans, 1937

Description

This species reaches a length of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of a "Dr. Wirz", who collected the type specimen., probably referring to Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz (1892-1955).^[4]