Scaly boy

Scaly boy
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Aboma
Jordan & Starks, 1895
Species:
A. etheostoma
Binomial name
Aboma etheostoma
Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma etheostoma (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895)
  • Gobiosoma polyporosum C. E. Dawson, 1969

The scaly boy (Aboma etheostoma), also known as the scaly goby, is a species of goby native to the Pacific coast of Central America from Mexico to Panama. This species is the only known member of its genus.