Biology:Exyrias

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Exyrias
Gobius pungtang Ford 62.jpg
Exyrias puntang
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Exyrias
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
Type species
Gobius puntangoides
Bleeker, 1853

Exyrias is a genus of gobies mostly native to marine waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean with one freshwater species (E. volcanus) known from the Philippines.

Species

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

  • Exyrias akihito G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2005[2]
  • Exyrias belissimus (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) (Mud Reef-goby)
  • Exyrias ferrarisi Murdy, 1985
  • Exyrias puntang (Bleeker, 1851) (Puntang Goby)
  • Exyrias volcanus (Herre, 1927)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Exyrias in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. Allen, Gerald R. & Randall, John E. (2005): Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 231-235. PDF fulltext

Wikidata ☰ Q845590 entry