Gobiodon
Gobiodon | |
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Okinawa goby (G. okinawae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Gobiodon Bleeker, 1856 |
Type species | |
Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856
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Gobiodon is a genus of gobies also known as coral gobies or "clown gobies" (which can also mean the related genus Microgobius). Generally, coral gobies, unlike the rest of the family Gobiidae, are not burrowers, but instead prefer to inhabit the branches of certain Acropora or similar hard corals.
As a group, they have a general fusiform shape and are small, most ranging about 6 cm, though there are exceptions.
Species[]
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3][4]
- Gobiodon acicularis & , 1995 (Needlespine coral goby)
- & , 1972 (Whitelined coral goby)
- , & , 2013[4]
- , & , 2013 (Black coralgoby)[3]
- Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman, 1903
- De Vis, 1884
- , & , 2013 (Two-lined coralgoby)[3]
- & , 1999
- (Bleeker, 1853)
- Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838) (Poison goby)
- Herre, 1927
- , & , 2013 (Brown-red coralgoby)[3]
- Bleeker, 1856
- Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes, 1837) (Broad-barred goby)
- , & , 2013 (Rufous coralgoby)[3]
- Günther, 1861
- , 1979
- , 1979
- Gobiodon okinawae , & T. Abe, 1972 (Okinawa goby)
- & , 2005
- Gobiodon quinquestrigatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Five-lined coral goby)
- Playfair (fr), 1867 (Reticulate goby)
- (Rüppell, 1830) (Rippled coral goby)
- Fowler, 1944
- , & , 2012[2]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gobiodon in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b Suzuki, T., Yano, K. & Senou, H. (2012): Gobiodon winterbottomi, a New Goby (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Iriomote-jima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 59–65.
- ^ a b c d e Herler, J., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Suzuki, T. (2013): Four new species of coral gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiodon), with comments on their relationships within the genus. Zootaxa, 3709 (4): 301–329.
- ^ a b Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Aizawa, M. (2013): Gobiodon aoyagii, a New Coral Goby (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae, Gobiinae) from the West Pacific, with Redescription of a Similarly colored Congener Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker, 1875. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, 39 (3): 143-165.
Categories:
- Gobiodon
- Gobiinae
- Gobiidae stubs