Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei
Familia: Oxudercidae
Subfamilia: Gobionellinae
Genus: Acanthogobius
Species: A. flavimanus – A. lactipes – A. luridus
Name
Acanthogobius Gill, 1859: 145
Type species: Gobius flavimanus ♂ Temminck & Schlegel, 1845. Type by monotypy.
References
Gill, T.N. 1859: Notes on a collection of Japanese fishes, made by Dr. J. Morrow. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 144–150.
Shedko, S.V. & I.A. Chereshnev 2005: [Review of the gobies (Perciformes, Gibiidae) from fresh waters of the Kuril islands.] Pp. 435-455. In: E.A. Makarchenko (ed.), [Vladimir Ya. Levanidov's Biennial memorial meetings, 3]. Levanidov's Biennial memorial meetings, 3 . [In Russian, English summary.]
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Acanthogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of eastern Asia.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
Acanthogobius elongatus (Fang, 1942)
Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Yellowfin goby)
Acanthogobius hasta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Acanthogobius insularis Shibukawa & Taki, 1996
Acanthogobius lactipes (Hilgendorf, 1879)
Acanthogobius luridus Y. Ni & H. L. Wu, 1985
Summary
Body relatively large, head moderately long, triangular in cross-section, eyes close together near top of head; mouth terminal, oblique, reaching almost to below middle of eye.
A brownish goby with darker mottling on the back and cheek, and a thin dark diagonal line from eye to rear margin of jaws. Midsides with 6-8 irregular darker blotches, and a dark round spot at the base of the tail. Upper part of pectoral-fin base with a short horizontal dark bar. Dorsal and caudal fin with fine speckled lines, pectoral fins yellow.
Accidentally introduced to Australia and California when juveniles or larvae were transported in ship's ballast water which was released in ports of call.[2]
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Acanthogobius in FishBase. April 2015 version.
"Acanthogobius". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18.
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