Acentrogobius

Acentrogobius
Acentrogobius nebulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Acentrogobius
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius chlorostigma
Bleeker, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Amoya Herre, 1927
  • Creisson Jordan & Seale, 1907
  • Mindorogobius Herre, 1945

Acentrogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Acentrogobius matsya is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.[2]

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Acentrogobius brevirostris (Günther, 1861)
  • Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Tropical sand goby)
  • Acentrogobius cenderawasih Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Cenderawasih goby)
  • Acentrogobius chusanensis (Herre, 1940)
  • Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941 (Day's goby)
  • Acentrogobius decaryi (Pellegrin, 1932)
  • Acentrogobius gracilis (Bleeker, 1875) (Bluespotted mangrovegoby)
  • Acentrogobius griseus (Day, 1876) (Grey goby)
  • Acentrogobius horai (Fowler, 1925)
  • Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) (Robust mangrove goby)
  • Acentrogobius limarius Allen, Erdmann & Hadiaty, 2015 (Batanta mud goby) [4]
  • Acentrogobius madraspatensis (F. Day, 1868) (Manyband goby)
  • Acentrogobius matsya Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)[2]
  • Acentrogobius moloanus (Herre, 1927) (Barcheek amoya)
  • Acentrogobius multifasciatus (Herre, 1927)
  • Acentrogobius pellidebilis Lee & Kim, 1992
  • Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) (Striped sandgoby)
  • Acentrogobius quinquemaculatus Allen, 2017
  • Acentrogobius simplex (Sauvage, 1880) (Bagamoyo goby)
  • Acentrogobius therezieni Kiener, 1963
  • Acentrogobius vanderloosi Allen, 2015 (Mudslope goby) [5]
  • Acentrogobius veliensis (Geevarghese & John, 1982)
  • Acentrogobius violarisi Allen, 2015 (Alotau goby) [5]
  • Acentrogobius virgatulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
  • Acentrogobius viridipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Spotted green goby)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acentrogobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, Nora; Bajpai, Sunil; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Schwarzhans, Werner (2022). "New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India". PalZ. 97: 43–80. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acentrogobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  4. ^ Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Hadiaty, R.K. (2015). "Acentrogobius limarius, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 33–40.
  5. ^ a b Allen, G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: Acentrogobius) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 14: 1–13.