Mogurnda

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Mogurnda Higher classification Eleotridae Order Perciformes		Family Eleotridae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications Mogurnda clivicola, Black mogurnda

Goby mogurnda waiting for its prey

Mogurnda is a genus of freshwater sleeper gobies native to eastern and northern Australia and New Guinea. Several species are endemic to Lake Kutubu in Papua New Guinea.

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Mogurnda adspersa Castelnau, 1878 ([southern] purple-spotted gudgeon)

Mogurnda aiwasoensis G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996

Mogurnda arguni G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2014

Mogurnda aurifodinae Whitley, 1938 (northern mogurnda)

Mogurnda cingulata G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1991 (banded mogurnda)

Mogurnda clivicola G. R. Allen & A. P. Jenkins, 1999 (Flinders Ranges mogurnda)

Mogurnda furva G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1986 (black mogurnda)

Mogurnda kaifayama G. R. Allen & A. P. Jenkins, 1999

Mogurnda kaimana G. R. Allen & Hadiaty, 2014

Mogurnda kutubuensis G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1986 (Lake Kutubu mogurnda)

Mogurnda larapintae Zietz (fi), 1896 (desert mogurnda)

Mogurnda lineata G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1991 (Kokoda mogurnda)

Mogurnda maccuneae A. P. Jenkins, Buston & G. R. Allen, 2000

Mogurnda magna G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996

Mogurnda malsmithi G. R. Allen & Jebb, 1993

Mogurnda mbuta G. R. Allen & A. P. Jenkins, 1999

Mogurnda mogurnda J. Richardson, 1844 (Northern trout gudgeon)

Mogurnda mosa A. P. Jenkins, Buston & G. R. Allen, 2000

Mogurnda oligolepis G. R. Allen & A. P. Jenkins, 1999 (Kimberley mogurnda)

Mogurnda orientalis G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1991 (eastern mogurnda)

Mogurnda pardalis G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996

Mogurnda pulchra Horsthemke & Staeck, 1990 (Moresby mogurnda)

Mogurnda spilota G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1986 (blotched mogurnda)

Mogurnda thermophila G. R. Allen & A. P. Jenkins, 1999 (Dalhousie mogurnda)

Mogurnda variegata Nichols, 1951 (variegated mogurnda)

Mogurnda vitta G. R. Allen & Hoese, 1986 (striped mogurnda)

Mogurnda wapoga G. R. Allen, A. P. Jenkins & Renyaan, 1999

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