Bollmannia is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. The generic name honours the American naturalist Charles Harvey Bollman (1868âÂÂ1889).
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Bollmannia boqueronensis <small>Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899</small> (White-eye goby)
- Bollmannia chlamydes <small>D. S. Jordan, 1890</small>
- Bollmannia communis <small>Ginsburg, 1942</small> (Ragged goby)
- Bollmannia eigenmannorum <small>(Garman, 1896)</small> (Shelf goby)
- Bollmannia gomezi <small>Acero P., 1981</small> (Colombian goby)
- Bollmannia litura <small>Ginsburg, 1935</small>
- Bollmannia macropoma <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1892</small> (Frailscale goby)
- Bollmannia marginalis <small>Ginsburg, 1939</small> (Apostrophe goby)
- Bollmannia ocellata <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1892</small> (Pennant goby)
- Bollmannia stigmatura <small>C. H. Gilbert, 1892</small> (Tailspot goby)
- Bollmannia umbrosa <small>Ginsburg, 1939</small> (Dusky goby)
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