Papuligobius

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Papuligobius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Papuligobius
I. S. Chen & Kottelat, 2003
Type species
Papuligobius uniporus
I. S. Chen & Kottelat, 2003

Papuligobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae, native to Southeast Asia.[1] It was erected in 2003 to house the species P. uniporus, newly described from Laos. A second species, P. ocellatus, was transferred from genus Rhinogobius at the same time.[2]

Species

The genus includes:[1]

  • Papuligobius ocellatus (Fowler, 1937)
  • Papuligobius uniporus I. S. Chen & Kottelat, 2003

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Papuligobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ↑ Chen, I. and M. Kottelat. (2003). Papuligobius uniporus, a new genus and species of freshwater goby (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from north-eastern Laos. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 14(3) 243-48.
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