Gobioides
| Gobioides | |
|---|---|
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| A Gobioides broussonnetii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Gobioides Lacépède, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935)
- Gobioides broussonnetii Lacépède, 1800 (Violet goby)
- Gobioides grahamae G. Palmer & Wheeler, 1955
- Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) (Peruvian eelgoby)
- Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Gobioides in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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