Glossogobius

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: Glossogobius
Species: G. ankaranensis – G. aureus – G. bellendenensis – G. bicirrhosus – G. brunnoides – G. bulmeri – G. callidus – G. celebius – G. circumspectus – G. clitellus – G. coatesi – G. concavifrons – G. flavipinnis – G. giuris – G. hoesei – G. illimis – G. intermedius – G. kokius – G. koragensis – G. macrocephalus – G. mahalonensis – G. matanensis – G. minutus – G. multipapillus – G. munroi – G. muscorum – G. obscuripinnis – G. olivaceus – G. robertsi – G. sentaniensis – G. sparsipapillus – G. torrentis
Name

Glossogobius Gill, 1859: 46

Type species: Gobius platycephalus ♂, Richardson, 1846. Type by monotypy.
Synonyms

Aloricatogobius Munro, 1964: 179 [Type: Glossogobius asaro Whitley, 1959.]
Cephalogobius Bleeker, 1874: 320 [Type: Gobius sublitus Cantor, 1849.]
Illana Smith & Seale, 1906: 79 [Type: Illana cacabet Smith & Seale, 1906.]
Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938: 149 [Type: Stupidogobius flavipinnis Aurich, 1938.]

References

Gill, T.N. 1859: Description of a new generic form of Gobinae from the Amazon River. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 7(1-3): 45–48.
Banister, K.E., 1994: Glossogobius ankaranensis, a new species of blind cave goby from Madagascar (Pisces: Gobioidei: Gobiidae). International Journal of Ichthyology 1 (3): 25–28.
Hoese, D.F.; Allen, G.R. 2009: Description of three new species of Glossogobius from Australia and New Guinea. Zootaxa, 1981: 1–14. Abstract & excerpt

Vernacular names
English: Gobies
ไทย: ปลาบู่จาก, ปลาบู่หิน, ปลาบู่ลูกทราย, ปลาบู่ทราย

Glossogobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters from Africa to the coasts of the western Pacific Ocean. They are found in Madagascar, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malawi, Eswatini, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Solomon Islands, Palau, Fiji, New Caledonia, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Nepal, Brunei Darussalam, Micronesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Réunion, the Seychelles, Mauritius, the Caroline Islands, Vanuatu, Malaysia and Russia. The genus also includes a troglobitic species, G. ankaranensis.
Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:

Glossogobius ankaranensis Banister, 1994
Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro, 1975 (Golden tank goby)
Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2009
Glossogobius bicirrhosus M. C. W. Weber, 1894
Glossogobius brunnoides Nichols, 1951 (Dusky mountain goby)
Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley, 1959 (Bulmer's goby)
Glossogobius callidus J. L. B. Smith, 1937
Glossogobius celebius Valenciennes, 1837 (Celebes goby)
Glossogobius circumspectus W. J. Macleay, 1883 (Circumspect goby)
Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012
Glossogobius coatesi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1990 (Coates' goby)
Glossogobius concavifrons E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886 (Concave goby)
Glossogobius flavipinnis Aurich, 1938 (Towuti yellowfin goby)
Glossogobius giuris F. Hamilton, 1822 (Tank goby)
Glossogobius hoesei G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 (Hoese's goby)
Glossogobius illimis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012 (False Celebius goby)
Glossogobius intermedius Aurich, 1938
Glossogobius kokius Valenciennes, 1837
Glossogobius koragensis Herre, 1935 (Koragu tank goby)
Glossogobius macrocephalus Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2015 [1]
Glossogobius mahalonensis Hoese, Hadiaty & Herder, 2015 (Mahalona bluefin goby) [2]
Glossogobius matanensis M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Glossogobius minutus C. Geevarghese & P. A. John, 1983
Glossogobius multipapillus Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2015 [1]
Glossogobius munroi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012
Glossogobius muscorum Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2009
Glossogobius obscuripinnis W. K. H. Peters, 1868
Glossogobius olivaceus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Glossogobius robertsi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2009
Glossogobius sentaniensis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2015 [1]
Glossogobius sparsipapillus Akihito & Meguro, 1976 (Linecheek tank goby)
Glossogobius torrentis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1990 (White water goby)

References

Hoese D.F.; Allen G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of three new species of Glossogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Guinea". Zootaxa. 3986 (2): 201–216. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.4. PMID 26250181.
Hoese, D.F.; Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2015). "Review of the dwarf Glossogobius lacking head pores from the Malili lakes, Sulawesi, with a discussion of the definition of the genus" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 63: 14–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-02-19.