Biology:Pterogobius

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pterogobius
Pterogobius elapoides.jpg
Pterogobius elapoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Pterogobius
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Gobius virgo
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

Pterogobius is a genus of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

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

  • Pterogobius elapoides (Günther, 1872) – serpentine goby[2]
  • Pterogobius virgo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) – maiden goby[3]
  • Pterogobius zacalles D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Pterogobius zonoleucus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pterogobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. Choi, Seung-Ho; Suk, Ho Young (2012). "The mechanisms leading to ontogenetic diet shift in a microcanivore,Pterogobius elapoides(Gobiidae)". Animal Cells and Systems 16 (4): 343–349. doi:10.1080/19768354.2012.667002. 
  3. Choi, S. H. and K. Gushima. (2002). Spot-fixed fin digging behavior in foraging of the benthophagous maiden goby, Pterogobius virgo (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Ichthyological Research 49(3), 286-90.

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q750297 entry