Stenogobius

Stenogobius is a genus of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae. They are native to fresh, brackish and marine waters along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They are known commonly as coastal stream gobies.[1]

Stenogobius
Stenogobius ophthalmoporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Stenogobius
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius gymnopomus
Bleeker, 1853
Synonyms
  • Insularigobius Watson, 1991
Stenogobius gymnopomus

The genus is divided into two subgenera. Subgenus Stenogobius have varied coloration and scale arrangements, and Insularigobius species are strongly sexually dimorphic.[2]

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Stenogobius alleni Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius beauforti (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Beaufort's goby)
  • Stenogobius blokzeyli (Bleeker, 1860)
  • Stenogobius caudimaculosus Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius fehlmanni Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius genivittatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (chinstripe goby)
  • Stenogobius gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Stenogobius hawaiiensis Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius hoesei Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius ingeri Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius keletaona Keith & Marquet, 2006[4] (Keletaona's Goby)
  • Stenogobius kenyae J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Africa rivergoby)
  • Stenogobius kyphosus Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius lachneri G. R. Allen, 1991 (Bintuni goby)
  • Stenogobius laterisquamatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1907)
  • Stenogobius macropterus (Duncker, 1912)
  • Stenogobius marinus Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius marqueti Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius mekongensis Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius ophthalmoporus (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Stenogobius polyzona (Bleeker, 1867) (chinestripe goby)
  • Stenogobius psilosinionus Watson, 1991 (teardrop goby)[5]
  • Stenogobius randalli Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius squamosus Watson, 1991
  • Stenogobius watsoni G. R. Allen, 2004
  • Stenogobius yateiensis Keith, Watson & Marquet, 2002 (Yaté's goby)
  • Stenogobius zurstrassenii (Popta, 1911)

References
  1. Stenogobius. Atlas of Living Australia.
  2. Keith, P., et al. (2002). Stenogobius (Insularigobius) yateiensis, a new species of freshwater goby from New Caledonia (Teleostei: Gobioidei). Bull Franc Peche Pisc 364, 187-96.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Stenogobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. Keith, P. and G. Marquet, G. (2006). Stenogobius (Insularigobius) keletaona, a new species of freshwater goby from Futuna Island (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Cybium 30(2), 139-43.
  5. Teardrop goby – Stenogobius psilosinionus. WetlandInfo. Queensland Government.


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