Mugilogobius

Mugilogobius
Mugilogobius abei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Mugilogobius Smitt, 1900
Type species
Ctenogobius abei D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Synonyms
Ellogobius Whitley, 1933 Vaimosa D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 Waiteopsis Whitley, 1930 Weberogobius Koumans, 1953

Mugilogobius is a genus of small fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. They are known generally as obscure gobies.^[1] They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the fresh water species have highly restricted distributions.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:

• Mugilogobius abei D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Abe's mangrove goby) ^[2]
• Mugilogobius adeia Larson & Kottelat, 1992
• Mugilogobius amadi M. C. W. Weber, 1913
• Mugilogobius cagayanensis Aurich, 1938
• Mugilogobius cavifrons M. C. W. Weber, 1909
• Mugilogobius chulae H. M. Smith, 1932 (Yellowstripe goby)
• Mugilogobius durbanensis Barnard, 1927 (Durban goby)
• Mugilogobius fasciatus Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius filifer Larson, 2001 (Threadfin mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius fusca Herre, 1940
• Mugilogobius fusculus Nichols, 1951 (One-thread goby)
• Mugilogobius hitam Larson, Geiger, Hadiaty & Herder, 2014 (Black towuti goby) ^[3]
• Mugilogobius karatunensis Aurich, 1938
• Mugilogobius latifrons Boulenger, 1897
• Mugilogobius lepidotus Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius littoralis Larson, 2001 (Beachrock mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius mertoni M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Chequered mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius myxodermus Herre, 1935
• Mugilogobius notospilus Günther, 1877 (Freshwater mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius nuicocensis V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo, 2005
• Mugilogobius paludis Whitley, 1930
• Mugilogobius platynotus Günther, 1861 (Flat-backed goby)
• Mugilogobius platystomus Günther, 1872 (Indonesian goby)
• Mugilogobius rambaiae H. M. Smith, 1945 (Queen of Siam goby)
• Mugilogobius rexi Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius rivulus Larson, 2001 (Drain mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius sarasinorum Boulenger, 1897 (Sarasin's goby)
• Mugilogobius stigmaticus De Vis, 1884 (Blackspot mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius tagala Herre, 1927
• Mugilogobius tigrinus Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius wilsoni Larson, 2001 (Wilson's mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius zebra Aurich, 1938

References

1. Mugilogobius Smitt, 1899. Atlas of Living Australia.
2. Huang, S. P., et al. (2013). The complete mitochondrial genome of the Abe's mangrove goby Mugilogobius abei (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Mitochondrial DNA in press.
3. Larson, H.K., Geiger, M.F., Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2014): Mugilogobius hitam, a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from Lake Towuti, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 718–725.