Favonigobius
Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.
Favonigobius | |
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Favonigobius lateralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Favonigobius Whitley, 1930 |
Type species | |
Gobius lateralis W. J. Macleay, 1881 | |
Synonyms | |
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Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Favonigobius aliciae (Herre, 1936)
- Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley, 1950 (exquisite sand goby)
- Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) (sharp-nosed sand goby)
- Favonigobius lateralis (W. J. Macleay, 1881)
- Favonigobius lentiginosus (J. Richardson, 1844)
- Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) (blackthroat goby)
- Favonigobius opalescens (Herre, 1936)
- Favonigobius punctatus (H. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990)
- Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Indopacific tropical sand goby)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Favonigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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