Favonigobius

For other uses, see Sand goby.
Favonigobius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Favonigobius
Whitley, 1930
Type species
Gobius lateralis
W. J. Macleay, 1881
Synonyms
  • Aurigobius Whitley, 1959
  • Papillogobius H. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990

Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Favonigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.