Gobioides
Genus of fishes
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Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.
| Gobioides | |
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| A Gobioides broussonnetii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Gobioides Lacépède, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800 | |
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Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935)
- Gobioides broussonnetii Lacépède, 1800 (Violet goby)
- Gobioides grahamae G. Palmer & Wheeler, 1955
- Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) (Peruvian eelgoby)
- Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862)
