Gobioides
Appearance
Gobioides | |
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A Gobioides broussonnetii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
Genus: | Gobioides Lacépède, 1800 |
Type species | |
Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gobioides in FishBase. June 2013 version.