Scartelaos
Appearance
Scartelaos | |
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Scartelaos histophorus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
Genus: | Scartelaos Swainson, 1839 |
Type species | |
Gobius viridis as a synonym for Scartelaos histophorus F. Hamilton, 1822
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Synonyms | |
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Scartelaos is a genus of gobies native to the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognised species in this genus:[1]
- Scartelaos cantoris (F. Day, 1871)
- Scartelaos gigas Y. T. Chu & H. W. Wu, 1963
- Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Walking goby)
- Scartelaos tenuis (F. Day, 1876) (Indian Ocean slender mudskipper)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scartelaos". FishBase. June 2013 version.