Callogobius is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae found in brackish and marine waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Callogobius
Callogobius hasseltii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Callogobius
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Eleotris hasseltii
Bleeker, 1851

These small gobies are distinguished by ridges of papillae on their heads.[1]

Species

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The circumscription of the genus is unclear, but there are probably over 40 species in the genus as it is currently known.[2][1] Species include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Delventhal, N.R., Mooi, R.D., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2016): A review of the Callogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4179 (2): 225–243.
  2. ^ a b Delventhal, N.R. & Mooi, R.D. (2013): Callogobius winterbottomi, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3630 (1): 155–164.
  3. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Callogobius Species. FishBase. 2017.
  4. ^ a b Akihito, & Ikeda, Y. (2021). Descriptions of two new species of Callogobius (Gobiidae) found in Japan. Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-021-00817-2 doi:10.1007/s10228-021-00817-2
  5. ^ Delventhal, N.R. & Mooi, R.D. (2014): Redescription of Callogobius clarki (Goren) (Teleostei: Gobiidae), Not a Synonym of C. bifasciatus (Smith). Copeia, 2014 (1): 143-148.
  6. ^ Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. (2020) Callogobius swifti, a new goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 35, 86-93.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3963684