''Clariger'' is a

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native to the northwestern

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from coastal waters and

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around

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and

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Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, 1988 * '' Clariger cosmurus'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * '' Clariger exilis'' Snyder, 1911 * '' Clariger papillosus'' Ebina, 1935 * '' Clariger taiwanensis'' Jang-Liaw, Y. H. Gong & I. S. Chen, 2012Jang-Liaw, N.-H., Gong, Y.-H. & Chen, I-S. (2012)
A new marine gobiid species of the genus ''Clariger'' Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan.
''ZooKeys, 199: 13–21, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.2645''

References

Gobionellinae {{Gobiiformes-stub