Gnatholepis

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Gnatholepis
File:Gnatholepis thompsoni - pone.0010676.g172.png
Gnatholepis thompsoni
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Gnatholepis

Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius anjerensis
Bleeker, 1851
Species

10

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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.[1]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus.[1]

Species include:[2]

File:Gnatholepis anjerensis.jpg
Two eye-bar gobies Gnatholepis anjerensis.jpg.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Larson, H. K. and D. J. Buckle. (2012). A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529: 1–69.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Gnatholepis in FishBase. June 2013 version.

Further Reading

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