Oxyurichthys
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| Oxyurichthys cornutus | |
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| Genus: | Oxyurichthys Bleeker, 1857
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| Gobius belosso Bleeker, 1854
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Gobiichthys Klunzinger, 1871 | |
Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, known commonly 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.[1] Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt.[1]
Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:
- Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker, 1876 (Scaly-nape tentacle goby)
- Oxyurichthys chinensis Pezold & Larson, 2015 [2]
- Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Horned tentacle goby)
- Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold, 1998 (Ribbon goby)
- Oxyurichthys keiensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1938) (Kei goby) [2]
- Oxyurichthys limophilus Pezold & Larson, 2015 [2]
- Oxyurichthys lonchotus (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (Spear-tail mudgoby)
- Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner, 1893) (Long-tail tentacle goby) [3]
- Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849) (Maned goby)
- Oxyurichthys notonema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Thread-fin mudgoby)
- Oxyurichthys nuchalis (Barnard, 1927) [2]
- Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker, 1856) (Eye-brow goby)
- Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Frog-face goby)
- Oxyurichthys paulae Pezold, 1998 (Jester goby)
- Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871) [2]
- Oxyurichthys rapa Pezold & Larson, 2015 [2]
- Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1958) (Spot-fin goby)
- Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998
- Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Oxyurichthys zeta Pezold & Larson, 2015 [2]
References
- ^ a b Pezold, F. (1998): Three new species of Oxyurichthys (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Copeia, 1998 (3): 687-695.
- ^ a b c d e f g "A revision of the fish genus Oxyurichthys (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) with descriptions of four new species" (PDF). Zootaxa,. 3988 (1): 1–95. 2015. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3988.1.1.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Larson, H.K. & Pezold, F.L. (2016): The correct name for Oxyurichthys longicauda Steindachner and a few other errors. Zootaxa, 4066 (2): 171–172.