Rhinogobius

Rhinogobius
Male Rhinogobius duospilus
Female Rhinogobius duospilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Gobioidei
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Rhinogobius
Type species
Rhinogobius similis Gill, 1859
Diversity
At least about 55 species

Rhinogobius sp. 'CB' from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Rhinogobius is a genus of primarily freshwater gobies native to tropical and temperate parts of Asia. Most are small, streamlined in shape, and often sexually dimorphic. Few are of commercial importance, but R. duospilus (= R. wui) is fairly widely traded as an aquarium fish.

Species

There are 53 described species known, as well as some undescribed but significantly distinct populations that almost certainly represent more species:

• Rhinogobius albimaculatus Chen, Kottelat & Miller, 1999
• Rhinogobius boa Chen & Kottelat, 2005
• Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) – Amur Goby
• Rhinogobius bucculentus (Herre, 1927)
• Rhinogobius candidianus (Regan, 1908)
• Rhinogobius carpenteri Seale, 1910
• Rhinogobius changjiangensis Chen, Miller, Wu & Fang, 2002
• Rhinogobius changtinensis Huang & Chen, 2007
• Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis Fowler, 1934 – Chiangmai Stream Goby
• Rhinogobius cliffordpopei (Nichols, 1925)
• Rhinogobius davidi (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
• Rhinogobius delicatus Chen & Shao, 1996
• Rhinogobius duospilus (Herre, 1935) (= R. wui)
• Rhinogobius flavoventris Herre, 1927
• Rhinogobius flumineus (Mizuno, 1960)
• Rhinogobius genanematus Zhong & Tzeng, 1998
• Rhinogobius gigas Aonuma & Chen, 1996
• Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897)
• Rhinogobius henchuenensis Chen & Shao, 1996
• Rhinogobius honghensis Chen, Yang & Chen, 1999
• Rhinogobius lanyuensis Chen, Miller & Fang, 1998
• Rhinogobius leavelli (Herre, 1935)
• Rhinogobius lentiginis (Wu & Zheng, 1985)
• Rhinogobius lindbergi Berg, 1933
• Rhinogobius lineatus Chen, Kottelat & Miller, 1999
• Rhinogobius linshuiensis Chen, Miller, Wu & Fang, 2002
• Rhinogobius longyanensis Chen, Cheng & Shao, 2008
• Rhinogobius lungwoensis Huang & Chen, 2007
• Rhinogobius maculafasciatus Chen & Shao, 1996
• Rhinogobius maculicervix Chen & Kottelat, 2000
• Rhinogobius mekongianus (Pellegrin & Fang, 1940)
• Rhinogobius milleri Chen & Kottelat, 2001
• Rhinogobius multimaculatus (Wu & Zheng, 1985)

• Rhinogobius nagoyae Oshima, 1919 (including R. formosanus)
• Rhinogobius nammaensis Chen & Kottelat, 2001
• Rhinogobius nandujiangensis Chen, Miller, Wu & Fang, 2002
• Rhinogobius nantaiensis Aonuma & Chen, 1996
• Rhinogobius ponkouensis Huang & Chen, 2007
• Rhinogobius reticulatus Li, Zhong & Wu, 2007
• Rhinogobius rubrolineatus Chen & Miller, 2008
• Rhinogobius rubromaculatus Lee & Chang, 1996
• Rhinogobius sagittus Chen & Miller, 2008
• Rhinogobius similis Gill, 1859
• Rhinogobius sulcatus Chen & Kottelat, 2005
• Rhinogobius taenigena Chen, Kottelat & Miller, 1999
• Rhinogobius variolatus Chen & Kottelat, 2005
• Rhinogobius vermiculatus Chen & Kottelat, 2001
• Rhinogobius virgigena Chen & Kottelat, 2005
• Rhinogobius wangchuangensis Chen, Miller, Wu & Fang, 2002
• Rhinogobius wangi Chen & Fang, 2006
• Rhinogobius wuyanlingensis Yang, Wu & Chen, 2008
• Rhinogobius wuyiensis Li & Zhong, 2007
• Rhinogobius xianshuiensis Chen, Wu & Shao, 1999
• Rhinogobius sp. 'BB' "Blue Belly"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'BI' "Bonin Islands"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'BW' "Lake Biwa"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'CB' "Crossband" – shima-yoshinobori (Japanese)
• Rhinogobius sp. 'CO' "Cobalt" – ruri-yoshinobori (Japanese)
• Rhinogobius sp. 'DA' "Dark" – kuro-yoshinobori (Japanese)
• Rhinogobius sp. 'DL' "Depressed Large"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'LD' "Large Dark"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'OR' "Orange"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'MO' "Mosaic"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'TO' "Tokai"
• Rhinogobius sp. 'YB' "Yellow Belly" – kibara-yoshinobori (Japanese)

References

This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Japanese-language Wikipedia.

• [* Rhinogobius at FishBase Rhinogobius species]. Retrieved 2009-MAR-19.