''Rhinogobius'' is a

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of primarily

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native to

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parts of eastern Asia. Most are small, streamlined in shape, and often

sexually dimorphic Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most ani ...

. Few are of commercial importance, but ''R. duospilus'' is fairly widely traded as an

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Species

There are currently 66 recognized species in this genus: * '' Rhinogobius albimaculatus'' I. S. Chen,

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& P. J. Miller, 1999 * '' Rhinogobius aporus'' ( J. S. Zhong & H. L. Wu, 1998) * ''

Rhinogobius biwaensis ''Rhinogobius'' is a genus of primarily freshwater goby, 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 ...

'' Takahashi & Okazaki, 2017 * '' Rhinogobius boa'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2005 * '' Rhinogobius brunneus'' (

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Rhinogobius candidianus ''Rhinogobius candidianus'' is a species of freshwater goby. It is endemic to Taiwan. Etymology The specific name ''candidianus'' refers to the type locality, Lake Candidius. However, the species does not occur in the lake itself, but rather ...

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, 1908) * ''

Rhinogobius carpenteri ''Rhinogobius carpenteri'' is a freshwater species of goby endemic to the Philippines. It grows up to SL, and is dull yellow-brown, whitish under the jaw, eyes blue, grayish fins with two silvery white anterior spines, silvery white anal fin ...

'' Seale, 1910 * ''

Rhinogobius changjiangensis ''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 fair ...

'' I. S. Chen, P. J. Miller, H. L. Wu & L. S. Fang, 2002 * ''

Rhinogobius changtinensis ''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 fair ...

'' S. P. Huang & I. S. Chen, 2007 * ''

Rhinogobius cheni ''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 ...

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, 1931) * '' Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis'' Fowler, 1934 (Chiangmai stream goby) * '' Rhinogobius cliffordpopei'' (

, 1925) * '' Rhinogobius davidi'' ( Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) * '' Rhinogobius delicatus'' I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1996 * '' Rhinogobius duospilus'' ( Herre, 1935) * '' Rhinogobius filamentosus'' ( H. W. Wu, 1939) * '' Rhinogobius flavoventris'' Herre, 1927 * '' Rhinogobius flumineus'' (

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, 1960) * '' Rhinogobius genanematus'' J. S. Zhong & C. S. Tzeng, 1998 * '' Rhinogobius gigas'' Aonuma & I. S. Chen, 1996 * '' Rhinogobius henchuenensis'' I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1996 * '' Rhinogobius henryi'' ( Herre, 1938) * '' Rhinogobius honghensis'' I. S. Chen, J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1999 * '' Rhinogobius imfasciocaudatus'' V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo, 2005 * '' Rhinogobius kurodai'' (

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, 1908) * '' Rhinogobius lanyuensis'' I. S. Chen, P. J. Miller & L. S. Fang, 1998 * '' Rhinogobius leavelli'' ( Herre, 1935) * '' Rhinogobius lentiginis'' ( H. L. Wu & M. L. Zheng, 1985) * '' Rhinogobius lindbergi'' L. S. Berg, 1933 * '' Rhinogobius lineatus'' I. S. Chen,

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

& P. J. Miller, 1999 * '' Rhinogobius linshuiensis'' I. S. Chen, P. J. Miller, H. L. Wu & L. S. Fang, 2002 * '' Rhinogobius longipinnis'' V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo, 2005 * '' Rhinogobius longyanensis'' I. S. Chen, Y. H. Cheng & K. T. Shao, 2008 * '' Rhinogobius lungwoensis'' S. P. Huang & I. S. Chen, 2007 * '' Rhinogobius maculafasciatus'' I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1996 *'' Rhinogobius maculagenys'' Q. Wu ''et al.'' 2018 * '' Rhinogobius maculicervix'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2000 * '' Rhinogobius mekongianus'' ( Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940) * '' Rhinogobius milleri'' I. S. Chen &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 2001 * '' Rhinogobius mizunoi'' T. Suzuki, K. Shibukawa & M. Aizawa, 2017 * '' Rhinogobius multimaculatus'' ( H. L. Wu & M. L. Zheng, 1985) * '' Rhinogobius nagoyae'' D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 ** '' R. n. formosanus'' Ōshima, 1919 ** '' R. n. nagoyae'' D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 * '' Rhinogobius nammaensis'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2001 * '' Rhinogobius nandujiangensis'' I. S. Chen, P. J. Miller, H. L. Wu & L. S. Fang, 2002 * '' Rhinogobius nantaiensis'' Aonuma & I. S. Chen, 1996 * '' Rhinogobius niger'' S. P. Huang, I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2016 Huang, S.-P., Chen, I-S. & Shao, K.-T. (2016): A new species of ''Rhinogobius'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (4): 470-479.'' * '' Rhinogobius ogasawaraensis'' T. Suzuki, I. S. Chen &

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, 2011 Suzuki, T., Chen, I-S. & Senou, H. (2011)
A new species of ''Rhinogobius'' Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Bonin Islands, Japan.
''Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 19 (6): 693-701.'' * '' Rhinogobius parvus'' ( W. Y. Luo, 1989) * '' Rhinogobius perpusillus'' Seale, 1910 * '' Rhinogobius ponkouensis'' S. P. Huang & I. S. Chen, 2007 * '' Rhinogobius reticulatus'' F. Li, J. S. Zhong & H. L. Wu, 2007 * '' Rhinogobius rubrolineatus'' I. S. Chen & P. J. Miller, 2008 * '' Rhinogobius rubromaculatus'' S. C. Lee & J. T. Chang, 1996 * '' Rhinogobius sagittus'' I. S. Chen & P. J. Miller, 2008 * '' Rhinogobius sangenloensis'' I. S. Chen & P. J. Miller, 2013 Chen, I-S. & Miller, P.J. (2013)
A new freshwater goby of ''Rhinogobius'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Hainan Island, Southern China.
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124-129.'' * '' Rhinogobius similis'' T. N. Gill, 1859 Suzuki, T., Shibukawa, K., Senou, H. & Chen, I-S. (2015): Redescription of ''Rhinogobius similis'' Gill 1859 (Gobiidae: Gobionellinae), the type species of the genus ''Rhinogobius'' Gill 1859, with designation of the neotype. ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (2): 227-238.'' * '' Rhinogobius sowerbyi'' Ginsburg, 1917 * '' Rhinogobius sulcatus'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2005 * '' Rhinogobius szechuanensis'' ( T. L. Tchang, 1939) * '' Rhinogobius taenigena'' I. S. Chen,

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

& P. J. Miller, 1999 * '' Rhinogobius telma'' ( Suzuki, Kimura & Shibukawa, 2019) * '' Rhinogobius tyoni'' ( Suzuki, Kimura & Shibukawa, 2019) * '' Rhinogobius variolatus'' I. S. Chen &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, 2005 * '' Rhinogobius vermiculatus'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2001 * '' Rhinogobius virgigena'' I. S. Chen &

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, 2005 * '' Rhinogobius wangchuangensis'' I. S. Chen, P. J. Miller, H. L. Wu & L. S. Fang, 2002 * '' Rhinogobius wangi'' I. S. Chen & L. S. Fang, 2006 * '' Rhinogobius wuyanlingensis'' J. Q. Yang, H. L. Wu & I. S. Chen, 2008 * '' Rhinogobius wuyiensis'' F. Li & J. S. Zhong, 2007 * '' Rhinogobius xianshuiensis'' I. S. Chen, H. L. Wu & K. T. Shao, 1999 * '' Rhinogobius yaima'' ( Suzuki, Oseko, Kimura & Shibukawa, 2020) * '' Rhinogobius yaoshanensis'' ( W. Y. Luo, 1989) * '' Rhinogobius yonezawai'' ( Suzuki, Oseko, Kimura & Shibukawa, 2020) * '' Rhinogobius zhoui'' F. Li & J. S. Zhong, 2009 In addition, there are four

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in Japan awaiting further study: * ''Rhinogobius'' sp. 'BB' "Blue Belly" ''Aobara-yoshinobori'' (

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) * ''Rhinogobius'' sp. 'OM' ''Oumi-yoshinobori'' (

) * ''Rhinogobius'' sp. 'MO' "Mosaic" ''Aya-yoshinobori'' (

) * ''Rhinogobius'' sp. 'YB' "Yellow Belly" – ''Kibara-yoshinobori'' (Japanese)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1062586 Gobionellinae Fish of Asia