Glossogobius

Glossogobius
Glossogobius giuris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Glossogobius
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Gobius platycephalus
J. Richardson, 1846
Synonyms

Aloricatogobius Munro, 1964
Cephalogobius Bleeker, 1874
Illana Smith & Seale, 1906
Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938

Glossogobius is a genus of gobies. These fishes live in Madagascar, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malawi, Swaziland, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Palau, Fiji, New Caledonia, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Nepal, Brunei Darussalam, Micronesia, Cambodia, Viet Nam, China, Réunion, Seychelles, Mauritius, Caroline Islands, Vanuatu, Malaysia and Russia. The genus also includes a troglobitic species, G. ankaranensis.

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hoese, D.F., Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2015). "Review of the dwarf Glossogobius lacking head pores from the Malili lakes, Sulawesi, with a discussion of the definition of the genus". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63: 14–26.