Oxyurichthys

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Oxyurichthys
Oxyurichthys cornutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Oxyurichthys
Bleeker, 1857
Type species
Gobius belosso
Bleeker, 1854
Synonyms
  • Gobiichthys Klunzinger, 1871
  • Paeneapocryptes Herre, 1927
  • Pselaphias Jordan & Seale, 1906

Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae, commonly known as arrowfin gobies. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean.[1] Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt.[1]

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Oxyurichthys:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pezold F (1998). "Three new species of Oxyurichthys (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans". Copeia. 1998 (3): 687–695. doi:10.2307/1447798. JSTOR 1447798.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Oxyurichthys in FishBase. November 2021 version.