''Favonigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family

Kraemeriidae The sand darters, were formerly considered to be a family the Kraemeriidae, but recent research has placed the nine species formerly classified under the Kraemeriidae as belonging to the family Gobiidae, although the researchers do not define th ...

, a relative of the true gobies.

Species

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

Favonigobius aliciae ''Favonigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relativ ...

'' ( Herre, 1936) * ''

Favonigobius exquisitus ''Favonigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relativ ...

'' Whitley, 1950 (exquisite sand goby) * ''

Favonigobius gymnauchen ''Favonigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relativ ...

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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Favonigobius lateralis ''Favonigobius lateralis'' is a species of goby native to coastal waters of eastern Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (conti ...

'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1881) * ''

Favonigobius lentiginosus ''Favonigobius lentiginosus'' is a species of goby native to the coastal waters of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (contin ...

'' ( J. Richardson, 1844) * ''

Favonigobius melanobranchus ''Favonigobius melanobranchus'', the blackthroat goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean as well as being recorded in the Mediterranean Sea. This fish is found on sandy bottoms and seagrass beds ...

'' ( Fowler, 1934) (blackthroat goby) * ''

Favonigobius opalescens ''Favonigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relativ ...

'' ( Herre, 1936) * ''

Favonigobius punctatus ''Favonigobius'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relativ ...

'' ( H. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990) * ''

Favonigobius reichei ''Favonigobius reichei'', the Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby (often simply called "tropical sand goby" (all "sand gobies" are tropical)), is a species of goby native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of coastal areas of the Indian Ocean a ...

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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher"). Gobiinae {{Gobiidae-stub