Tripletooth goby
Genus of fishes
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Tridentiger is a genus of fish in the subfamily of gobies called the Gobionellinae, known commonly as the tripletooth gobies.[1]
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| Tripletooth goby | |
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| Tridentiger brevispinis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Tridentiger T. N. Gill, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Sicydium obscurum Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Triaenophorichthys Gill, 1859 | |
These fish are native to the coastal waters of China, Japan, and Korea, where they live in brackish habitat types. They are often dominant members of the local fish fauna. Some are known as invasive species in North America.
These gobies are generally under 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
- Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner, 1881 (Shimofuri goby)
- Tridentiger brevispinis Katsuyama, R. Arai & M. Nakamura, 1972
- Tridentiger kuroiwae D. S. Jordan & S. Tanaka (I), 1927
- Tridentiger niger Fang, 1942
- Tridentiger obscurus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 (Dusky tripletooth goby)
- Tridentiger trigonocephalus T. N. Gill, 1859 (Chameleon goby)
