Economidichthys
| Economidichthys Temporal range:
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| Economidichthys pygmaeus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Bianco, Bullock, P. J. Miller & Roubal, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius pygmaeus Holly, 1929
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Economidichthys is a genus of freshwater gobies endemic to Greece. The name of this genus honours the Greek ichthyologist Panos Economidis.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Economidichthys pygmaeus (Holly, 1929) (Western Greece goby)
- Economidichthys trichonis Economidis & P. J. Miller, 1990 (Trichonis dwarf goby)
The fossil species †Economidichthys altidorsalis Schwarzhans, Bradić & Bratishko, 2016 is known from the Middle Miocene of Austria, while †Economidichthys triangularis (Weiler, 1943) is known from the Middle Miocene of Romania & Croatia. These species inhabited marine habitats, suggesting that modern Economidichthys species are descendants of marine taxa.[3]
References
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Economidichthys". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Ahnelt, Harald; Carnevale, Giorgio; Japundžić, Sanja; Bradić, Katarina; Bratishko, Andriy (2017-03-01). "Otoliths in situ from Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) fishes of the Paratethys. Part III: tales from the cradle of the Ponto-Caspian gobies". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 136 (1): 45–92. doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0120-7. ISSN 1664-2384.