Ctenogobiops
Genus of fishes
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Ctenogobiops is a genus of marine gobies native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
| Ctenogobiops | |
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| Tangaroan shrimpgoby (C. tangaroai) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Ctenogobiops J. L. B. Smith, 1959 |
| Type species | |
| Ctenogobiops crocineus J. L. B. Smith, 1959 | |
They commonly live on sandy sea beds and are often found sharing burrows with small shrimp.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre, 1935) (Gold-streaked prawn-goby)
- Ctenogobiops crocineus J. L. B. Smith, 1959
- Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Sandy prawn-goby)
- Ctenogobiops formosa J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2003
- Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir, 1955) (Seychelles shrimpgoby)
- Ctenogobiops mitodes J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2007
- Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Gold-specked prawn-goby)
- Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Tangaroa shrimpgoby)
- Ctenogobiops tongaensis J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2003