''Palutrus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of gobies native to the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

and the western

Pacific Ocean 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 continen ...

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Palutrus meteori'' ( Klausewitz & Zander, 1967) (Meteor goby) * '' Palutrus pruinosa'' ( D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Pruinosa goby) * '' Palutrus reticularis''

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...

, 1959 * '' Palutrus scapulopunctatus'' ( de Beaufort, 1912) (Scapular goby)

References

Gobiidae {{Gobiidae-stub