Gobiopterus

Genus of fishes

Gobiopterus
Gobiopterus stellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Gobiopterus
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Apocryptes brachypterus
Bleeker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Gobiella H. M. Smith, 1931
  • Leptogobius Bleeker, 1874
  • Micrapocryptes Hora, 1923
  • Mirogobius Herre, 1927
  • Munrogobius Whitley, 1951
  • Paraphya Munro, 1949

Gobiopterus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Gobiopterus birtwistlei (Herre, 1935)
  • Gobiopterus brachypterus (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Gobiopterus chuno (F. Hamilton, 1822)
  • Gobiopterus lacustris (Herre, 1927) (Lacustrine goby)
  • Gobiopterus macrolepis (T. Y. Cheng, 1965)
  • Gobiopterus mindanensis (Herre, 1944)
  • Gobiopterus panayensis (Herre, 1944)
  • Gobiopterus semivestitus (Munro, 1949)
  • Gobiopterus smithi (Menon & Talwar, 1973)
  • Gobiopterus stellatus (Herre, 1927) (Dwarf freshwater goby)

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gobiopterus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Gobiopterus


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