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Silhouettea

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Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1] The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.^[2]

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Silhouettea in FishBase. June 2013 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (r-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

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Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.