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Summary for Buenia jeffreysii Larvae
Jeffrey's goby

Buenia  jeffreysii  (Günther, 1867)
Family:	Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order:	Perciformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Jeffrey's goby
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: southwest Iceland and Foldenfjord, Norway to Brittany and Celtic Sea, excluding southern North Sea. Also recorded from Banyuls, western Mediterranean.
Adult biology:	Found usually offshore, 5-330 m on sand, mud, shell debris, gravel and corallines. Eggs found in mollusk shells, guarded by male (Ref. 42425). Eggs are pear-shaped (Ref. 4696).
Diagnosis:	An uninterrupted ventral row of melanophores runs from the throat to the anus in the late larvae. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	temperate; 65°N - 42°N
Main Ref:	Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37)
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	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Froese, Rainer

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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