:Graham's gudgeon
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
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| image = Graham's Gudgeon imported from iNaturalist photo 10191785 on 19 October 2024.jpg
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| genus = Grahamichthys
| parent_authority = Whitley, 1956{{Cof record|genid=7142|title=Grahamichthys|access-date=29 July 2018}}
| species = radiatus
| authority = (Valenciennes, 1837)
| synonyms =
- Grahamichthys radiata
- Eleotris radiata Valenciennes 1837
| synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Grahamichthys|radiata|month=June|year=2018}}
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Graham's gudgeon, Grahamichthys radiatus, is a species of goby of the family Thalasseleotrididae, the only member of the genus Grahamichthys. This species is found in rock pools and in the neritic zone, to {{convert|50|m|ft}} in depth, where sand or mud is lies around and partially buries rocks, shells, or other objects. It is unusual for a goby, in that it lives in loose schools.{{cite book | author = Helen K. Larson | year = 2011 | chapter = Introduction | editor1 = Patzner, R. | editor2 = J.L. Van Tassell | editor3 = M. Kovacic | title = The Biology of Gobies | publisher = Verlag Science Publishers | isbn = 978-1-57808-436-4 | chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=M_HRBQAAQBAJ&q=Grahamichthys+radiata&pg=PA239}}
Etymology
The generic name is a compound formed from the surname Graham in honour of David H. Graham who wrote A Treasury of New Zealand Fishes which was published in 1953 and therefore is an allusion to this taxon being endemic to New Zealand and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".{{cite web | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | url = http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes1/ | title = Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 26 July 2017 | accessdate = 28 July 2018}}
References
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- {{ITIS |id=637467 |taxon=Grahamichthys radiata |accessdate=19 March 2006}}
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}}
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Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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