The Gobionellinae are a subfamily of fish which was formerly classified in the

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Gobiidae 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 ...

, the gobies, but the 5th Edition of '' Fishes of the World'' classifies the subfamily as part of the family

Oxudercidae Oxudercidae is a family of gobies which consists of four subfamilies which were formerly classified under the family Gobiidae. The family is sometimes called the Gobionellidae, but Oxudercidae has priority. The species in this family have a cosm ...

. Members of Gobionellinae mostly inhabit estuarine and freshwater habitats; the main exception is the genus '' Gnatholepis'', which live with

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A revision of the goby genus ''Gnatholepis'' Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species.
''Zootaxa'' 3529: 1–69. The subfamily is distributed in tropical and temperate regions around the world with the exception of the northeastern

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, and the Ponto-Caspian region. It includes around 370 species and 55 genera: Wikipedia articles about genera list about 389 species.

Genera

* '' Acanthogobius''

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, 1869 * '' Amblychaeturichthys'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Astrabe''

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& Snyder, 1901 * '' Awaous''

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, 1837 * '' Brachygobius'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Caecogobius'' Berti & Ercolini 1991 * '' Chaenogobius'' Gill, 1859 * '' Chaeturichthys'' Richardson, 1844 * '' Chlamydogobius'' Whitley, 1930 * '' Clariger'' Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * '' Clevelandia''

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, 1888 * '' Ctenogobius'' Gill, 1858 * '' Eucyclogobius'' Gill, 1862 * '' Eugnathogobius'' H.M. Smith, 1931 * '' Eutaeniichthys'' Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * '' Evorthodus'' Gill, 1859 * '' Gillichthys''

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, 1864 * '' Gnatholepis'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Gobioides'' Lacepède, 1800 * '' Gobionellus'' Girard, 1858 * '' Gobiopterus'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Gymnogobius'' Gill, 1863 * '' Hemigobius'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Ilypnus'' Jordan & Evermann, 1896 * '' Lepidogobius'' Gill, 1859 * '' Lethops'' Hubbs, 1926 * '' Leucopsarion'' Hilgendorf, 1880 * ''

Luciogobius ''Luciogobius'' is a genus of goby in the subfamily of Gobionellinae, commonly called worm gobies. It is distributed along the coast of northeastern Asia, where species can be found in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Most species occur in Japan, ...

'' Gill, 1859 * '' Mistichthys'' H.M. Smith, 1902 * '' Mugilogobius'' Smitt, 1900 * '' Oligolepis'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Oxyurichthys'' Bleeker, 1857 * '' Paedogobius'' Iwata, S. Hosoya & Larson, 2001 * ''

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'' Herre, 1927 * '' Papuligobius'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2003 * '' Parawaous'' Watson, 1993 * '' Pseudogobiopsis'' Bleeker, 1875 * ''

Pseudogobius ''Pseudogobius'' is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. It is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Species occur in freshwater and estuarine habitat types, such as mangroves and ...

'' Popta, 1922 * '' Pseudorhinogobius''( J. S. Zhong & H. L. Wu, 1998) * '' Pterogobius'' Gill, 1863 * '' Quietula'' Jordan & Evermann, 1895 * '' Redigobius'' Herre, 1927 * ''

Rhinogobius ''Rhinogobius'' is a genus of primarily freshwater gobies native to tropical and temperate parts of eastern Asia. Most are small, streamlined in shape, and often sexually dimorphic. Few are of commercial importance, but ''R. duospilus'' is fairl ...

'' Gill, 1859 * '' Sagamia'' Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * '' Schismatogobius'' de Beaufort, 1912 * '' Stenogobius'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Stigmatogobius'' Bleeker, 1874 * '' Suruga'' Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * '' Synechogobius'' Gill, 1863 * '' Tamanka'' Herre, 1927 * '' Tridentiger'' Gill, 1859 * '' Typhlogobius'' Steindachner, 1879 Brachygobius

References

External links

Gobioid Research Institute
Oxudercidae Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Gobiiformes-stub