''Clariger'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of gobies native to the northwestern

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

from coastal waters and

tide pools A tide pool or rock pool is a shallow pool of seawater that forms on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide. Many tide pool habitats are home to especially adaptable animals that ...

around

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''

Clariger chionomaculatus ''Clariger'' is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, ...

'' Shiogaki, 1988 * ''

Clariger cosmurus ''Clariger'' is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Clariger chionomaculatus'' Masaru Shiog ...

'' 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