Nesogobius

Nesogobius is a genus of goby native to the coastal waters of Australia.[1]

Nesogobius
Nesogobius hinsbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Nesogobius
Whitley, 1929
Type species
Gobius hinsbyi
McCulloch & J. D. Ogilby, 1919

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

  • Nesogobius greeni Hoese & Larson, 2006
  • Nesogobius hinsbyi (McCulloch & J. D. Ogilby, 1919) (Tasmanian orange-spotted sandgoby)
  • Nesogobius maccullochi Hoese & Larson, 2006
  • Nesogobius pulchellus (Castelnau, 1872) (Australian sailfingoby)
  • Nesogobius tigrinus M. P. Hammer, Hoese & Bertozzi, 2015 (Tiger sandgoby) [2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Nesogobius in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. Hammer, M.P., Hoese, D.F. & Bertozzi, T. (2015): A new species of Near-shore Marine Goby (Pisces: Gobiidae: Nesogobius) from Kangaroo Island, Australia. Zootaxa, 4057 (3): 371-384.


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