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Favonigobius

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Favonigobius
Favonigobius lateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Favonigobius
Whitley, 1930
Type species
Gobius lateralis
W. J. Macleay, 1881
Synonyms
  • Aurigobius Whitley, 1959
  • Papillogobius H. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990

Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.

Species

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There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Favonigobius". FishBase. June 2013 version.