Oligolepis

Oligolepis
Oligolepis acutipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Oligolepis Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius melanostigma Bleeker, 1849
Synonyms
Aparrius D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908 Waitea D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906

Oligolepis is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae, native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Species

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

• Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes, 1837) (sharptail goby)
• Oligolepis cylindriceps (Hora, 1923)
• Oligolepis dasi (Talwar, Chatterjee & Dev Roy, 1982)
• Oligolepis jaarmani (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
• Oligolepis keiensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1938) (Kei goby)
• Oligolepis stomias (H. M. Smith, 1941)

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