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Tripletooth goby

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Gobionellinae

Higher classification
  
Gobionellinae

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Gobiidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Tripletooth goby fishesofaustralianetauImagesImageTridentigerR

Similar
  
Goby, Chameleon goby, Tridentiger brevispinis, Dusky tripletooth goby, Shimofuri goby

dusky tripletooth goby tridentiger obscurus


Tridentiger is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies, known commonly as the tripletooth gobies.

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These fish are native to the coastal waters of China, Japan, and Korea, where they live in brackish habitat types. They are often dominant members of the local fish fauna. Some are known as invasive species in North America.

These gobies are generally under 10 centimeters long. They have tricuspid outer teeth on their upper and lower jaws.

redstriped tripletooth goby tridentiger trigonocephalus


Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

  • Tridentiger barbatus Günther, 1861 (Shokihaze goby)
  • Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner, 1881 (Shimofuri goby)
  • Tridentiger brevispinis Katsuyama, R. Arai & M. Nakamura, 1972
  • Tridentiger kuroiwae D. S. Jordan & S. Tanaka (I), 1927
  • Tridentiger microsquamis H. W. Wu, 1931
  • Tridentiger nudicervicus Tomiyama, 1934 (Bare-naped goby)
  • Tridentiger obscurus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Dusky tripletooth goby)
  • Tridentiger radiatus R. F. Cui, Y. S. Pan, X. M. Yang & Y. Y. Wang, 2013
  • Tridentiger trigonocephalus T. N. Gill, 1859 (Chameleon goby)
  • References

    Tripletooth goby Wikipedia