Lentipes

Lentipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Sicydiinae
Genus: Lentipes
Günther, 1861
Type species
Sicyogaster concolor
T. N. Gill, 1860
Synonyms

Raogobius Mukerji, 1935
Sicyogaster Gill, 1860 (name preocuppied)

Lentipes is a small genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the Malay Archipelago and islands in the Pacific. Its species are typically from fast-flowing streams and some are anadromous.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Keith, P., Hadiaty, R. K., Hubert, N., Busson, F. & Lord, C. (2014): Three new species of Lentipes from Indonesia (Gobiidae). Cybium, 38 (2): 133-146.
  2. Lynch, B., Keith, P. & Pezold, F. (2013): A new species of freshwater goby from Pohnpei, Micronesia (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). Cybium, 37 (3): 171-177.


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