Barbulifer

Life-forms

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: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Barbulifer
Species: B. antennatus – B. ceuthoecus – B. enigmaticus – B. mexicanus – B. pantherinus
Name

Barbulifer Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888: 70

Type species: Masc. Barbulifer papillosus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896: 461
References
Primary references

Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1888. A list of the American species of Gobiidae and Callionymidae, with notes on the specimens contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) 1(1): 51–78. Reference page.
Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. A check-list of the fishes and fish-like vertebrates of North and Middle America. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner 21 (for 1895) Appendix 5: 207–584. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Joyeux, J.-C., Van Tassell, J.L. & Macieira, R.M. 2009. Barbulifer enigmaticus, a new seven-spined goby (Pisces: Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2022: 58–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Barbulifer is a genus of gobies native to the tropical Atlantic coast of the Americas as well as the Gulf of California on the Pacific coast.
Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

Barbulifer antennatus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1968 (Barbulifer)
Barbulifer ceuthoecus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884) (Bearded goby)
Barbulifer enigmaticus Joyeux, Van Tassell & Macieira, 2009 (Goateed goby)
Barbulifer mexicanus Hoese & Larson, 1985 (Saddlebanded goby)
Barbulifer pantherinus (Pellegrin, 1901) (Panther goby)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Barbulifer in FishBase. April 2013 version.