Philypnodon

Philypnodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Philypnodon
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Eleotris nudiceps
Castelnau, 1872[1]

Philypnodon is a genus of sleeper gobies endemic to Australia and the coastal waters around it.

Species

Two species in this genus are recognized,[1][2] though molecular studies indicate another undescribed species similar to the dwarf flathead gudgeon from the Lang Lang River in Victoria.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (1 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Philypnodon in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. Thacker, Christine E.; Unmack, Peter J.; Matsui, Lauren; Duong Phil; Huang, Eric (2008). "Phylogeography of Philypnodon species (Teleostei: Eleotridae) across south-eastern Australia: testing patterns of connectivity across drainage divides and among coastal rivers" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 175–92. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01000.x.
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