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: Gnatholepis
Species (11): G. anjerensis – G. argus – G. caudimaculata – G. cauerensis – G. gymnocara – G. knighti – G. ophthalmotaenia – G. pascuensis – G. thompsoni – G. yoshinoi – ?G. volcanus
Name
Gnatholepis Bleeker, 1874: 318
Type species: Gobius anjerensis, ♀ Bleeker, 1851. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
Primary references
Bleeker, P. 1874: Esquisse d'un système naturel des Gobioïdes. Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles, 9: 289–331.
References
Larson, H.K.; Buckle, D.J. 2012: A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529: 1–69. Preview Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Eye-bar Gobies
Gnatholepis is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is the only marine genus in the subfamily Gobionellinae, which otherwise includes mostly estuary-dwelling and freshwater fish. Gnatholepis are tropical fish associated with sandy habitat around corals.[1]
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus.[1]
Species include:[2]
Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851) (eye-bar goby)
Two eye-bar gobies Gnatholepis anjerensis.
Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle, 2005
Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle, 2012
Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853) (eyebar goby)
Gnatholepis gymnocara J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001
Gnatholepis knighti D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1854)
Gnatholepis pascuensis J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001 (Rapanui goby)
Gnatholepis thompsoni D. S. Jordan, 1904 (goldspot goby)
Gnatholepis yoshinoi T. Suzuki & J. E. Randall, 2009 (Yoshino's goby)
References
Larson, H. K. and D. J. Buckle. (2012). A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529: 1–69.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gnatholepis in FishBase. June 2013 version.
Further reading
Randall, John E. and Greenfield, David W. 2001. A preliminary review of the Indo-Pacific Gobiid fishes of the genus Gnatholepis. Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 69. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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