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Oxyurichthys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gobiidae

Rank
  
Subgenus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

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Similar
  
Gobionellinae, Stenogobius, Pseudogobius, Mugilogobius, Perciformes

Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, known commonly as arrowfin gobies. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean. Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

  • Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker, 1876 (Scaly-nape tentacle goby)
  • Oxyurichthys chinensis Pezold & Larson, 2015
  • Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Horned tentacle goby)
  • Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold, 1998 (Ribbon goby)
  • Oxyurichthys keiensis (J. L. B. Smith, 1938) (Kei goby)
  • Oxyurichthys limophilus Pezold & Larson, 2015
  • Oxyurichthys lonchotus (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (Spear-tail mudgoby)
  • Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner, 1893) (Long-tail tentacle goby)
  • Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849) (Maned goby)
  • Oxyurichthys notonema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (Thread-fin mudgoby)
  • Oxyurichthys nuchalis (Barnard, 1927)
  • Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker, 1856) (Eyebrow goby)
  • Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Frog-face goby)
  • Oxyurichthys paulae Pezold, 1998 (Jester goby)
  • Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871)
  • Oxyurichthys rapa Pezold & Larson, 2015
  • Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1958) (Spot-fin goby)
  • Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998
  • Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Oxyurichthys zeta Pezold & Larson, 2015

    • References

    Oxyurichthys Wikipedia
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