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Ctenogobiops

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Gobiinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Gobiidae

Scientific name
  
Ctenogobiops

Higher classification
  
Goby

Order
  
Perciformes

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Similar
  
Tangaroan shrimp‑goby, Goby, Fusigobius, Amblyeleotris, Istigobius

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Ctenogobiops is a genus of marine gobies native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Contents

They commonly live on sandy sea beds and are often found sharing burrows with small shrimp.

Ctenogobiops feroculus sandy shrimp goby and pistol shrimp


Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:

  • Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre, 1935) (Gold-streaked prawn-goby)
  • Ctenogobiops crocineus J. L. B. Smith, 1959
  • Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Sandy prawn-goby)
  • Ctenogobiops formosa J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2003
  • Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir, 1955) (Seychelles shrimpgoby)
  • Ctenogobiops mitodes J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2007
  • Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Gold-specked prawn-goby)
  • Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Tangaroa shrimpgoby)
  • Ctenogobiops tongaensis J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2003

    • References

    Ctenogobiops Wikipedia
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