Favonigobius
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| Favonigobius lateralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Favonigobius Whitley, 1930 |
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| Gobius lateralis W. J. Macleay, 1881
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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.
Species[]
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
- (Herre, 1936)
- Whitley, 1950 (exquisite sand goby)
- (Bleeker, 1860) (sharp-nosed sand goby)
- Favonigobius lateralis (W. J. Macleay, 1881)
- Favonigobius lentiginosus (J. Richardson, 1844)
- Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) (blackthroat goby)
- (Herre, 1936)
- ( & , 1990)
- Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Indopacific tropical sand goby)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Favonigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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