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 native to fresh, brackish and marine waters from Africa to the coasts of the western Pacific Ocean. They are found 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 32 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hoese D.F., Allen G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of three new species of Glossogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Guinea". Zootaxa 3986 (2): 201–216. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.4.
  2. 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 14–26.


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