Gobioides

Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.

Gobioides
A Gobioides broussonnetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Gobioides
Lacépède, 1800
Type species
Gobioides broussonnetii
Lacepède, 1800
Synonyms
  • Cayennia Sauvage, 1880
  • Ognichodes Swainson, 1839
  • Paratyntlastes Giltay, 1935
  • Plecopodus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Tyntlastes Günther, 1862

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935)
  • Gobioides broussonnetii Lacépède, 1800 (Violet goby)
  • Gobioides grahamae G. Palmer & Wheeler, 1955
  • Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) (Peruvian eelgoby)
  • Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862)

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


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