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Navigobius dewa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Navigobius
Species:	N. dewa
Binomial name
Navigobius dewa Hoese & Motomura, 2009

Navigobius dewa is a species of dartfish native to the western Pacific Ocean where it is only known from the waters around southern Japan. This species grows to a length of 40.7 centimetres (16.0 in) SL.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Shin-ichi Dewa of Kagoshima, Japan, who collected the type specimen.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Navigobius dewa". FishBase. October 2015 version.
2. Hoese, D.F. & Motomura, H. (2009): Descriptions of two new genera and species of pterelotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Teleostei: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships. Zootaxa, 2312: 49–59.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

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