Kelloggella

Kelloggella is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. This genus is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The genus name honours the American entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867-1937) of Stanford University, the discoverer of Kelloggella cardinalis.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

• Kelloggella avaiki <small>Tornabene, Deis & Erdmann, 2017</small> (Star-spangled goby)
• Kelloggella cardinalis <small>D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906</small> (Cardinal goby)
• Kelloggella disalvoi <small>J. E. Randall, 2009</small> (Disalvo's goby)
• Kelloggella oligolepis <small>(O. P. Jenkins, 1903)</small>
• Kelloggella quindecimfasciata <small>(Fowler, 1946)</small> (Central goby)
• Kelloggella tricuspidata <small>(Herre, 1935)</small>

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