Ferrer's goby (Pseudaphya ferreri) is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea where it occurs in inshore waters inhabiting areas with sandy substrates. This species grows to a length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The specific name honours Jaume Ferrer Aledo (1854-1956), a pharmacist and amateur ichthyologist who studied the fish fauna in the Balearic Islands.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Pseudaphya |
| Species: | P. ferreri
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudaphya ferreri (O. de Buen & Fage, 1908)
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References
edit- ^ Kovacic, M.; Herler, J. & Williams, J.T. (2014). "Pseudaphya ferreri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194887A49081799. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194887A49081799.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudaphya ferreri". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 October 2022). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 17.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
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