Tripletooth goby

Tridentiger is a genus of fish in the subfamily of gobies called the Gobionellinae, known commonly as the tripletooth gobies.[1]

Tripletooth goby
Tridentiger brevispinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Tridentiger
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Sicydium obscurum
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Synonyms

Triaenophorichthys Gill, 1859
Triaenophorus Gill, 1859
Triaenopogon Bleeker, 1874
Trifissus Jordan & Snyder, 1900
Trigonocephalus Okada, 1961

These fish are native to the coastal waters of China, Japan, and Korea, where they live in brackish habitat types. They are often dominant members of the local fish fauna. Some are known as invasive species in North America.[2]

These gobies are generally under 10 centimeters long. They have tricuspid outer teeth on their upper and lower jaws.[2]

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

  • Tridentiger barbatus Günther, 1861 (Shokihaze goby)
  • Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner, 1881 (Shimofuri goby)
  • Tridentiger brevispinis Katsuyama, R. Arai & M. Nakamura, 1972
  • Tridentiger kuroiwae D. S. Jordan & S. Tanaka (I), 1927
  • Tridentiger microsquamis H. W. Wu, 1931
  • Tridentiger nudicervicus Tomiyama, 1934 (Bare-naped goby)
  • Tridentiger obscurus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Dusky tripletooth goby)
  • Tridentiger radiatus R. F. Cui, Y. S. Pan, X. M. Yang & Y. Y. Wang, 2013 [2]
  • Tridentiger trigonocephalus T. N. Gill, 1859 (Chameleon goby)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Tridentiger in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. Cui, R., Pan, Y., Yang, X. & Wang, Y. (2013). A new barbeled goby from south China (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa, 3670 (2) 177-192.


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