Gnatholepis

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Kingdom Animalia Family Gobiidae Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes		Class Actinopterygii Subfamily Gobionellinae Rank Genus

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

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