Exyrias

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Exyrias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Exyrias
Jordan & Seale, 1906
Species

Exyrias akihito
Exyrias belissimus - Mud Reef-goby
Exyrias ferrarisi
Exyrias puntang - Puntang Goby

Exyrias is a genus of marine gobies with four described species found throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. These are relatively large gobies, typically found in turbid estuarine waters (although the recently described Exyrias akihito is a species of clearer water associated with coral reefs).

[edit] References

  • Allen, Gerald R. & Randall, John E. (2005): Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 231-235. PDF fulltext
  • FishBase entry for Exyrias


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