Pseudogobius
| Pseudogobius | |
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| Pseudogobius olorum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Pseudogobius Popta, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| None designated but Gobius javanicus Bleeker, 1856 should be designated as such[1] | |
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Pseudogobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. It is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Species occur in freshwater and estuarine habitat types, such as mangroves and seagrass beds.[2]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
- Pseudogobius avicennia Herre, 1940
- Pseudogobius fulvicaudus S. P. Huang, K. T. Shao & I. S. Chen, 2014 [3]
- Pseudogobius isognathus Bleeker, 1878
- Pseudogobius javanicus Bleeker, 1856
- Pseudogobius masago Tomiyama, 1936
- Pseudogobius melanostictus F. Day, 1876
- Pseudogobius olorum Sauvage, 1880 (Bluespot goby) [4]
- Pseudogobius poicilosoma Bleeker, 1849 (Northern fatnose goby) [5]
- Pseudogobius taijiangensis I. S. Chen S. P. Huang & K. Y. Huang, 2014 [6]
References
- ↑ Genus Pseudogobius, Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences
- ↑ Yokoo, T., et al. (2008). Juvenile morphology of three Pseudogobius species (Gobiidae) occurring in a mangrove estuary, southern Thailand. Laguna 15, 77-82.
- ↑ Huang, S.-P., Shao, K.-T., Huang, H.-M., Chong, V.-C. & Chen, I-S. (2014): An annotated checklist of gobioid fishes from the mangrove estuary of Matang, Malay Peninsula, with comments on a new Pseudogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) species. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 106-116.
- ↑ Bluespot Goby, Pseudogobius olorum (Sauvage 1880). Fishes of Australia. Museum Victoria.
- ↑ Larson, H. 2012. Pseudogobius poicilosoma. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 12 October 2013.
- ↑ Chen, I-S., Huang, S.-P. & Huang, H.-M. (2014): A new species of genus Pseudogobius Popta (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from brackish waters of Taiwan and Southern China. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 130-134.
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