Oxyurichthys
| Oxyurichthys | |
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| Oxyurichthys cornutus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Oxyurichthys Bleeker, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius belosso Bleeker, 1854 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae, known commonly as arrowfin gobies.[1] They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean.[2] Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt.[2]
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Oxyurichthys amabalis Seale, 1914
- Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker, 1876 (scaly-nape tentacle goby)[4]
- Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (horned tentacle goby)[5]
- Oxyurichthys formosanus Nichols, 1958
- Oxyurichthys guibei J. L. B. Smith, 1959
- Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold, 1998 (ribbon goby)
- Oxyurichthys lemayi (J. L. B. Smith, 1947) (lace goby)
- Oxyurichthys lonchotus (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (speartail mudgoby)
- Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849) (maned goby)
- Oxyurichthys mindanensis (Herre, 1927)
- Oxyurichthys notonema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (threadfin mudgoby)
- Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker, 1856) (eyebrow goby)
- Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837) (frogface goby)
- Oxyurichthys paulae Pezold, 1998 (jester goby)
- Oxyurichthys petersenii (Steindachner, 1893)
- Oxyurichthys saru Tomiyama, 1936
- Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1958) (spotfin goby)
- Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998
- Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Oxyurichthys uronema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (longtail tentacle goby)[6]
- Oxyurichthys viridis Herre, 1927
- Oxyurichthys visayanus Herre, 1927
References
- ↑ Oxyurichthys. Atlas of Living Australia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pezold, F. (1998). Three new species of Oxyurichthys (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Copeia 3, 687-95.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Oxyurichthys in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Scaly-nape Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker 1876. Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria.
- ↑ Horned Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite 1918. Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria.
- ↑ Longtail Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys uronema (Weber 1909). Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria.