Scartelaos
Scartelaos is a genus of gobies native to the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Scartelaos | |
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| Scartelaos histophorus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Scartelaos Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius viridis as a synonym for Scartelaos histophorus F. Hamilton, 1822 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scartelaos histophorus (Bearded Mudskipper)
Species
There are currently four recognised species in this genus:[1]
- Scartelaos cantoris (F. Day, 1871)
- Scartelaos gigas Y. T. Chu & H. W. Wu, 1963
- Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Walking goby)
- Scartelaos tenuis (F. Day, 1876) (Indian Ocean slender mudskipper)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Scartelaos in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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