Puneet Varma (Editor)

Gnatholepis

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gobiidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Gobionellinae

Rank
  
Genus

Gnatholepis

Similar
  
Gnatholepis thompsoni, Oxyurichthys, Fusigobius, Gobionellinae, Istigobius

Gnatholepis is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is the only marine genus in the subfamily Gobionellinae, which otherwise includes mostly estuary-dwelling and freshwater fish. Gnatholepis are tropical fish associated with sandy habitat around corals.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus.

Species include:

  • Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851) (eye-bar goby)
  • Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle, 2005
  • Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle, 2012
  • Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853) (eyebar goby)
  • Gnatholepis gymnocara J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001
  • Gnatholepis knighti D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  • Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1854)
  • Gnatholepis pascuensis J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001 (Rapanui goby)
  • Gnatholepis thompsoni D. S. Jordan, 1904 (goldspot goby)
  • Gnatholepis yoshinoi T. Suzuki & J. E. Randall, 2009 (Yoshino's goby)

    • References

    Gnatholepis Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics