Biology:Fusigobius

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Fusigobius
Fusigobius neophytus2.jpg
Fusigobius neophytus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Fusigobius
Whitley, 1930
Type species
Gobius neophytus
Günther, 1877
Synonyms
  • Thalassogobius Herre, 1953

Fusigobius is a genus of coral reef inhabiting gobies found throughout the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Fusigobius aureus I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1997
  • Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader, 1985 (Barenape Goby)
  • Fusigobius inframaculatus (J. E. Randall, 1994) (Blotched Sand Goby)
  • Fusigobius longispinus Goren, 1978 (Orange-spotted Sand-goby)
  • Fusigobius maximus (J. E. Randall, 2001)
  • Fusigobius melacron (J. E. Randall, 2001)
  • Fusigobius neophytus (Günther, 1877) (Common Fusegoby)
  • Fusigobius pallidus (J. E. Randall, 2001)
  • Fusigobius signipinnis Hoese & Obika, 1988 (Signalfin Goby)
  • Fusigobius? venadicus Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans 2022[2] (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Fusigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. Carolin, Nora; Bajpai, Sunil; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Schwarzhans, Werner (2022). "New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9. 

Wikidata ☰ Q779626 entry