''Oligolepis'' is a

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of fish in the goby family Gobiidae, native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coastal areas of the

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and the western

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Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Oligolepis acutipennis ''Oligolepis acutipennis'', the sharptail goby, is a species of goby native to marine, freshwater and brackish waters along the coasts of Indo-West Pacific region. This species can reach a length of TL. Mostly inhabit in muddy estuaries and c ...

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, 1837) (Sharptail goby) * '' Oligolepis cylindriceps'' ( Hora, 1923) * '' Oligolepis dasi'' ( Talwar,

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& Dev Roy, 1982) * '' Oligolepis jaarmani'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) * '' Oligolepis keiensis'' (

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, 1938) (Kei goby) * ''

Oligolepis stomias ''Oligolepis'' is a genus of fish in the goby family Gobiidae, native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: ...

'' ( H. M. Smith, 1941) The genera ''Oligolepis'' and ''

Oxyurichthys ''Oxyurichthys'' is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae, commonly known as arrowfin gobies. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean. Most ...

'' were rearranged by Larsson and Pezold in 2015 and ''O. keiensis'' was moved to ''Oxyurichthys'' while two other species ''Oligolepis formosanus'' and ''Oligolepis nijsseni'' were added to this genus.

References

Gobionellinae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gobionellinae-stub