The greenback guavina (Bunaka gyrinoides) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae that inhabits fresh, marine, and brackish waters in estuaries and mangrove swamps from Sri Lanka to Micronesia and Australia. This species grows to a length of 34 cm (13 in), though most do not exceed 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Bunaka Herre, 1927 |
| Species: | B. gyrinoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853)
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References
edit- ^ Larson, H. (2012). "Bunaka gyrinoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T172450A1342565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T172450A1342565.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bunaka gyrinoides". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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