Gobioides

Gobioides
	A Gobioides broussonnetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Gobioides; Lacépède, 1800
Type species
	Gobioides broussonnetii; Lacepède, 1800
Synonyms
	Cayennia Sauvage, 1880; Ognichodes Swainson, 1839; Paratyntlastes Giltay, 1935; Plecopodus Rafinesque, 1815; Tyntlastes Günther, 1862;

Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935)
Gobioides broussonnetii Lacépède, 1800 (Violet goby)
Gobioides grahamae G. Palmer & Wheeler, 1955
Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) (Peruvian eelgoby)
Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862)

References

^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gobioides in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gobioides in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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