Oxyurichthys

Oxyurichthys
Oxyurichthys cornutus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Oxyurichthys Bleeker, 1857
Type species
Gobius belosso Bleeker, 1854
Synonyms
Gobiichthys Klunzinger, 1871 Paeneapocryptes Herre, 1927 Pselaphias Jordan & Seale, 1906

Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae, commonly known as arrowfin gobies. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean. Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt.

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Oxyurichthys:

• Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker, 1876 (scaly-nape tentacle goby)
• Oxyurichthys chinensis Pezold & Larson, 2015
• Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (horned tentacle goby)
• Oxyurichthys guibei J.L.B. Smith, 1959
• Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold, 1998
• Oxyurichthys keiensis (J.L.B. Smith, 1938) (Kei goby)
• Oxyurichthys lemayi (J.L.B. Smith, 1947) (lace goby)
• Oxyurichthys limophilus Pezold & Larson, 2015
• Oxyurichthys lonchotus (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (speartail mudgoby)
• Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849) (maned goby)
• Oxyurichthys mindanensis (Herre, 1927)
• Oxyurichthys notonema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (threadfin mudgoby)
• Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker, 1856) (eyebrow goby)
• Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837) (frogface goby)
• Oxyurichthys paulae Pezold, 1998 (jester goby)
• Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871)
• Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1958) (spotfin goby)
• Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998
• Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Oxyurichthys uronema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (longtail tentacle goby)
• Oxyurichthys viridis Herre, 1927
• Oxyurichthys visayanus Herre, 1927
• Oxyurichthys zeta Pezold & Larson, 2015