Acentrogobius

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Acentrogobius
Acentrogobius nebulosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Acentrogobius
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius chlorostigma
Bleeker, 1849[1]

Acentrogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Acentrogobius matsya is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.[2]

Species[edit]

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acentrogobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, Nora; Bajpai, Sunil; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Schwarzhans, Werner (2022). "New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Acentrogobius Bleeker, 1874". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  4. ^ Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Hadiaty, R.K. (2015). "Acentrogobius limarius, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 33–40.
  5. ^ a b Allen, G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: Acentrogobius) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 14: 1–13.