''Gobiodon'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

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 ...

also known as coral gobies or "clown gobies" (which can also mean the related genus '' Microgobius''). Generally, coral gobies, unlike the rest of the family Gobiidae, are not burrowers, but instead prefer to inhabit the branches of certain '' Acropora'' or similar hard corals. As a group, they have a general fusiform shape and are small, most ranging about 6 cm, though there are exceptions. ''Gobiodon burdigalicus'' from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of southwestern India is the first fossil (otoliths) record of this genus. * '' Gobiodon acicularis'' Harold & R. Winterbottom, 1995 (Needlespine coral goby) * ''Gobiodon albofasciatus'' Sawada & R. Arai, 1972 (Whitelined coral goby) * ''Gobiodon aoyagii'' Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Aizawa, 2013Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Aizawa, M. (2013): ''Gobiodon aoyagii'', a New Coral Goby (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae, Gobiinae) from the West Pacific, with Redescription of a Similarly colored Congener ''Gobiodon erythrospilus'' Bleeker, 1875. ''Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, 39 (3): 143-165.'' * ''Gobiodon ater'' Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Black coralgoby)Herler, J., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Suzuki, T. (2013)
Four new species of coral gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiodon), with comments on their relationships within the genus.
''Zootaxa, 3709 (4): 301–329.'' * '' Gobiodon atrangulatus''

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, 1903 * ''Gobiodon axillaris''

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, 1884 * ''Gobiodon bilineatus '' Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Two-lined coralgoby) * ''Gobiodon brochus'' Harold & R. Winterbottom, 1999 * ''Gobiodon ceramensis'' ( Bleeker, 1853) * '' Gobiodon citrinus'' ( Rüppell, 1838) (Poison goby) * ''Gobiodon fulvus'' Herre, 1927 * ''Gobiodon fuscoruber'' Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Brown-red coralgoby) * ''Gobiodon heterospilos'' Bleeker, 1856 * '' Gobiodon histrio'' (

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, 1837) (Broad-barred goby) * ''Gobiodon irregularis'' Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Rufous coralgoby) * ''Gobiodon micropus'' Günther, 1861 * ''Gobiodon multilineatus'' H. L. Wu, 1979 * ''Gobiodon oculolineatus'' H. L. Wu, 1979 * '' Gobiodon okinawae'' Sawada, R. Arai & T. Abe, 1972 (Okinawa goby) * ''Gobiodon prolixus'' R. Winterbottom & Harold, 2005 * '' Gobiodon quinquestrigatus'' (

, 1837) (Five-lined coral goby) * ''Gobiodon reticulatus'' Playfair ( fr), 1867 (Reticulate goby) * ''Gobiodon rivulatus'' ( Rüppell, 1830) (Rippled coral goby) * ''Gobiodon spilophthalmus'' Fowler, 1944 * ''Gobiodon winterbottomi'' T. Suzuki, Ko. Yano & Senou, 2012Suzuki, T., Yano, K. & Senou, H. (2012): ''Gobiodon winterbottomi'', a New Goby (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Iriomote-jima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ''Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 59–65.'' * ''Gobiodon burdigalicus'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)

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Gobiinae {{Gobiidae-stub