Microgobius
Genus of fishes
Microgobius | |
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Clown goby Microgobius gulosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Microgobius Poey, 1876 |
Type species | |
Microgobius signatus Poey, 1876 | |
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Microgobius is a genus of gobies native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.[1]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Microgobius brevispinis Ginsburg, 1939 (Balboa goby)
- Microgobius carri Fowler, 1945 (Seminole goby)
- Microgobius crocatus Birdsong, 1968
- Microgobius curtus Ginsburg, 1939
- Microgobius cyclolepis C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Roundscale goby)
- Microgobius emblematicus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Emblem goby)
- Microgobius erectus Ginsburg, 1938 (Erect goby)
- Microgobius gulosus (Girard, 1858) (Clown goby)
- Microgobius meeki Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899
- Microgobius microlepis Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 (Banner goby)
- Microgobius miraflorensis C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Miraflores goby)
- Microgobius signatus Poey, 1876
- Microgobius tabogensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Taboga goby)
- Microgobius thalassinus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Green goby)
- Microgobius urraca Tornabene, Van Tassell & D. R. Robertson, 2012 (Dark-finned sand goby)
References
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Microgobius_gulosus2.jpg/150px-Microgobius_gulosus2.jpg)
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Microgobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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