''Acentrogobius'' is a
genus
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of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...
native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the
Indian Ocean
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
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.
''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Acentrogobius caninus''
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1837 (Tropical sand goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius cenderawasih''
G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Cenderawasih goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides''
Bleeker, 1849 (Greenspot goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius cyanomos''
Bleeker, 1849
* ''
Acentrogobius dayi''
Koumans, 1941 (Day's goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius ennorensis''
Menon & Rema Devi, 1980
* ''
Acentrogobius griseus''
F. Day, 1876 (Grey goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius janthinopterus''
Bleeker, 1853 (Robust mangrove goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius limarius''
G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Hadiaty, 2015 (Batanta mud goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius masoni''
F. Day, 1873
* ''
Acentrogobius moloanus''
Herre, 1927 (Barcheek amoya)
* ''
Acentrogobius nebulosus''
Forsskål, 1775 (Shadow goby)
* ''
Acentrogobius pellidebilis''
Y. J. Lee & I. S. Kim, 1992
* ''
Acentrogobius pflaumii
''Acentrogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Qu ...
''
Bleeker, 1853 (Striped sandgoby)
* ''
Acentrogobius signatus''
W. K. H. Peters, 1855 [
* '' Acentrogobius simplex'' Sauvage, 1880 (Bagamoyo goby)
* '' Acentrogobius suluensis'' Herre, 1927 (Sulu goby)
* '' Acentrogobius therezieni'' Kiener, 1963
* '' Acentrogobius vanderloosi'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Mudslope goby) ][
* '' Acentrogobius viridipunctatus'' ]Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1837 (Spotted green goby)
* ''Acentrogobius matsya'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)
References
Gobiidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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