Redigobius
Genus of fishes
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Redigobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Oxudercidae, known commonly as dualspot gobies.[1] They are native to the western Indo-Pacific region, where they occur in estuaries and freshwater habitats just above the tidal influence.[2]
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| Redigobius | |
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| Redigobius bikolanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Redigobius Herre, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius sternbergi H. M. Smith, 1902 | |
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Some of these gobies are abundant fish species. The most widespread is the speckled goby (R. bikolanus),[2] which occurs throughout the western Pacific Ocean and from Australia to Africa.[3] Some Redigobius are kept as aquarium pets.[2] The Fijian endemic Lever's goby (R. leveri) is featured on the ten-dollar bill in the 2013 series of Fijian currency.[4]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus.[5]
Species include:
- Redigobius amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1878) (Species inquirenda)
- Redigobius balteatus (Herre, 1935) (rhinohorn goby)
- Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927) (speckled goby)
- Redigobius chrysosoma (Bleeker, 1875) (spotfin goby)
- Redigobius dewaali (M. C. W. Weber, 1897) (checked goby)
- Redigobius dispar (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
- Redigobius fotuno Kobayashi, Sumarto, Mokodongan, Lawelle, Masengi & Yamahira, 2024
- Redigobius lekutu Larson, 2010[2]
- Redigobius leveri (Fowler, 1943) (Lever's goby)
- Redigobius macrostoma (Günther, 1861) (large-mouth goby)
- Redigobius micrognathus Visweswara Rao, 1971 (Species inquirenda)
- Redigobius nanus Larson, 2010[2]
- Redigobius oyensi (de Beaufort, 1913)
- Redigobius penango (Popta, 1922)
- Redigobius rivalis (Herre, 1927) (Species inquirenda)
- Redigobius samberanoensis (Bleeker, 1867)
- Redigobius tambujon (Bleeker, 1854) (Roemer's goby)
- Redigobius vergeri (Bleeker, 1867)
- Synonyms
- Redigobius balteatops (J. L. B. Smith, 1959); valid as B. balteatus (bull goby)
- Redigobius isognathus (Bleeker, 1878); valid as R. bikolanus
