Scartelaos

Scartelaos is a genus of gobies native to the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Scartelaos
Scartelaos histophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Scartelaos
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Gobius viridis as a synonym for Scartelaos histophorus
Synonyms

Species

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

  • Scartelaos cantoris (F. Day, 1871)
  • Scartelaos gigas Y. T. Chu & H. W. Wu, 1963
  • Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Walking goby)
  • Scartelaos tenuis (F. Day, 1876) (Indian Ocean slender mudskipper)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scartelaos in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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