Bathygobius burtoni

Bathygobius burtoni is a species of goby native to the Atlantic shores of western Africa where it is a denizen of tide pools. This species can reach a total length of. The specific name honours Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat, who collected the type specimen. This species has a very limited distribution and is known from only five locations in an area in which there has been a huge increase in the human population and the IUCN has assessed this species an Endangered.