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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: Lotilia
Species (2): L. graciliosa – L. klausewitzi
Name

Lotilia Klausewitz, 1960: 158

Type species: Lotilia graciliosa ♀ Klausewitz 1960. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Primary references

Klausewitz, W. 1960. Fische aus dem Roten Meer. IV. Einige systematisch und ökologisch bemerkenswerte Meergrundeln (Pisces, Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 41(3/4): 149–162, Pl. 21.
Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. 2012. Review of the shrimp-associated goby genus Lotilia (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), with description of a new species from the West Pacific. Zootaxa 3362: 54–64. Preview PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Goren, M. 1979. The Gobiinae of the Red Sea (Pisces: Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60(1/2): 13–64.

Vernacular names
English: Whitecap goby

Lotilia is a small genus of gobies native to the Indo-Pacific region. The members of this genus are commensal with shrimps of the genus Alpheus.
Species

There are two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Lotilia graciliosa Klausewitz, 1960 (Whitecap goby)
Lotilia klausewitzi Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Senou, 2012[2]

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lotilia". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2012): Review of the shrimp-associated goby genus Lotilia (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), with description of a new species from the West Pacific. Zootaxa, 3362: 54–64.

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