Pseudogobius

Pseudogobius
Pseudogobius olorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Pseudogobius
Popta, 1922
Type species
None designated but Gobius javanicus Bleeker, 1856 should be designated as such[1]
Synonyms
  • Lizagobius Whitley, 1933
  • Pseudogobius Koumans, 1931
  • Pseudogobius Aurich, 1938

Pseudogobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. It is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.[2] Species occur in freshwater and estuarine habitat types, such as mangroves and seagrass beds.[3]

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[4]

  • Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]
  • Pseudogobius avicennia Herre, 1940
  • Pseudogobius cinctus Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]
  • Pseudogobius eos Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]
  • Pseudogobius fulvicaudus S. P. Huang, K. T. Shao & I. S. Chen, 2014[6]
  • Pseudogobius hoesei Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]
  • Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker, 1856) (Species inquirenda)
  • Pseudogobius jeffi Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]
  • Pseudogobius masago Tomiyama, 1936
  • Pseudogobius melanosticta F. Day, 1876
  • Pseudogobius minimus (Hora, 1923)
  • Pseudogobius olorum (Sauvage, 1880) (Bluespot goby)[7]
  • Pseudogobius poicilosoma Bleeker, 1849 (Northern fatnose goby)
  • Pseudogobius rhizophora Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]
  • Pseudogobius taijiangensis I. S. Chen S. P. Huang & K. Y. Huang, 2014[8]
  • Pseudogobius verticalis Larson & Hammer, 2021[5]

References

  1. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genus Pseudogobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudogobius". FishBase. June 2017 version.
  3. ^ Yokoo, T.; et al. (2008). "Juvenile morphology of three Pseudogobius species (Gobiidae) occurring in a mangrove estuary, southern Thailand" (PDF). Laguna. 15: 77–82.
  4. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudogobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Helen K Larson; Michael P Hammer (15 April 2021). "A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia". Zootaxa. 4961 (1): zootaxa.4961.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4961.1.1. PMID 33903575.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  6. ^ Huang, S.-P.; Shao, K.-T.; Huang, H.-M.; Chong, V.-C.; Chen, I-S. (2014). "An annotated checklist of gobioid fishes from the mangrove estuary of Matang, Malay Peninsula, with comments on a new Pseudogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) species" (PDF). Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 21 (Suppl): 106–116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25.
  7. ^ "Bluespot Goby, Pseudogobius olorum (Sauvage 1880)". Fishes of Australia – via Museum Victoria.
  8. ^ Chen, I-S.; Huang, S.-P.; Huang, H.-M. (2014). "A new species of genus Pseudogobius Popta (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from brackish waters of Taiwan and Southern China" (PDF). Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 21 (Suppl): 130–134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25.