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''Gobiopterus'' 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 ...
of
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 ...
native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the
Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...
and
Pacific 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 contine ...
oceans.


Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobiopterus birtwistlei'' ( Herre, 1935) * '' Gobiopterus brachypterus'' ( Bleeker, 1855) * '' Gobiopterus chuno'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Gobiopterus lacustris'' ( Herre, 1927) (Lacustrine goby) * '' Gobiopterus macrolepis'' (T. Y. Cheng, 1965) * '' Gobiopterus mindanensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * '' Gobiopterus panayensis'' ( Herre, 1944) * '' Gobiopterus semivestitus'' (
Munro A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nev ...
, 1949)
* '' Gobiopterus smithi'' ( Menon &
Talwar The talwar (), also spelled ''talwaar'' and ''tulwar'', is a type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian subcontinent. Etymology and classification The word ''talwar'' originated from the Sanskrit word ''taravāri'' ( sa, तरवारि) ...
, 1973)
* '' Gobiopterus stellatus'' ( Herre, 1927) (Dwarf freshwater goby)


References

Gobionellinae {{Gobiiformes-stub