Gobiesox

Gobiesox
Northern Clingfish (G. maeandricus)
Clingfish (G. nudus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiesociformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Gobiesox Lacépède, 1800

Gobiesox is a genus of clingfishes found in the Americas. This genus includes both freshwater and marine species.

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Gobiesox adustus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Panamic clingfish)
• Gobiesox aethus (Briggs, 1951) (Clarion clingfish)
• Gobiesox barbatulus Starks, 1913 (Lappetlip clingfish)
• Gobiesox canidens (Briggs, 1951) (Socorro clingfish)
• Gobiesox crassicorpus (Briggs, 1951)
• Gobiesox daedaleus Briggs, 1951
• Gobiesox eugrammus Briggs, 1955 (Lined clingfish)
• Gobiesox fluviatilis Briggs & R. R. Miller, 1960 (Mountain clingfish)
• Gobiesox fulvus Meek, 1907
• Gobiesox juniperoserrai Espinoza-Pérez & Castro-Aguirre, 1996 (Peninsular clingfish)
• Gobiesox juradoensis Fowler, 1944
• Gobiesox lucayanus Briggs, 1963 (Bahama skilletfish)
• Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858) (Northern clingfish)
• Gobiesox marijeanae Briggs, 1960 (Lonely clingfish)
• Gobiesox marmoratus Jenyns, 1842
• Gobiesox mexicanus Briggs & R. R. Miller, 1960 (Mexican clingfish)
• Gobiesox milleri Briggs, 1955
• Gobiesox multitentaculus (Briggs, 1951)
• Gobiesox nigripinnis (W. K. H. Peters, 1859) (Blackfinned clingfish)
• Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Clingfish)
• Gobiesox papillifer C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Bearded clingfish)
• Gobiesox pinniger C. H. Gilbert, 1890
• Gobiesox potamius Briggs, 1955
• Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876) (Stippled clingfish)
• Gobiesox rhessodon R. Smith, 1881 (California clingfish)
• Gobiesox schultzi Briggs, 1951 (Smoothlip clingfish)
• Gobiesox stenocephalus Briggs, 1955
• Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870 (Skilletfish)
• Gobiesox woodsi (L. P. Schultz, 1944) (Woods' clingfish)

References

1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gobiesox in FishBase. October 2012 version.