Brachygobius doriae

Brachygobius doriae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Brachygobius
Species:	B. doriae
Binomial name
Brachygobius doriae (Günther, 1868)
Synonyms
Gobius doriae Günther, 1868 Hypogymnogobius doriae (Günther, 1868)

Brachygobius doriae, the bumblebee goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. This species can reach 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) TL.^[2] It may be found in the aquarium trade.

Etymology

This fish is named in honor of zoologist Giacoma Doria (1840-1913), who was the president of the Italian Geographic Society, and who collected fish in Borneo and sent them to the Natural History Museum, including the type specimen of this species.^[3]

References

1. Vidthayanon, C. (2012). "Brachygobius doriae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180851A1670031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180851A1670031.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brachygobius doriae". FishBase. April 2013 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 March 2025.