Schismatogobius
| Schismatogobius | |
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| Schismatogobius insignus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Schismatogobius de Beaufort, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Schismatogobius bruynisi de Beaufort, 1912 | |
Schismatogobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. They are native to southern and eastern Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.[1] Adults dwell in freshwater habitat such as streams and rivers, where they live along the sand and gravel substrates.[2]
These fish are not always obvious in the habitat, because they are small and cryptic. They lack scales and have variable color patterns, with no two individuals of a given species alike. Compared to those of females, the jaws of males are "hugely large".[3]
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus.[1] More species are known but have yet to be described.[2]
Species include:
- Schismatogobius ampluvinculus I. S. Chen, K. T. Shao & L. S. Fang, 1995[4]
- Schismatogobius bruynisi de Beaufort, 1912
- Schismatogobius deraniyagalai Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1989 (redneck goby)
- Schismatogobius fuligimentus I. S. Chen, Séret, Pöllabauer & K. T. Shao, 2001[5]
- Schismatogobius insignus (Herre, 1927)
- Schismatogobius marmoratus (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
- Schismatogobius pallidus (Herre, 1934)
- Schismatogobius roxasi Herre, 1936
- Schismatogobius vanuatuensis Keith, Marquet & Watson, 2004[3] (Vanuatu schismatogobius)
- Schismatogobius vitiensis A. P. Jenkins & Boseto, 2005[2]
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Schismatogobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- 1 2 3 Jenkins, A. and D. Boseto. (2005). Schismatogobius vitiensis: a new freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Fiji Islands. Ichthyol Explor Freshw 16, 75-82.
- 1 2 Keith, P., et al. (2004). Schismatogobius vanuatuensis, a new species of freshwater goby from Vanuatu, South Pacific. Cybium 28(3) 237-41.
- ↑ Chen, I. S., et al. (1995). A new species of freshwater goby, Schismatogobius ampluvinculus (Pisces, Gobiidae) from southeastern Taiwan. Zoological Studies 34(3), 202-05.
- ↑ Chen, I. S., et al. (2001). Schismatogobius fuligimentus, a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Caledonia. Zoological Studies 40(2), 141-46.
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