Lentipes is a genus of gobies in the family Oxudercidae, native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the Malay Archipelago and islands in the Pacific. Its species are typically from fast-flowing streams and some are anadromous.[1]

Lentipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Sicydiinae
Genus: Lentipes
Günther, 1861
Type species
Sicyogaster concolor
Synonyms

Raogobius Mukerji, 1935
Sicyogaster Gill, 1860 (name preocuppied)

Species

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There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lentipes". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ^ a b c Keith, P., Hadiaty, R., Hubert, N., Busson, F. & Lord, C. (2014): Three new species of Lentipes from Indonesia (Gobiidae). Cybium, 38 (2): 133-146.
  3. ^ Lynch, B., Keith, P. & Pezold, F. (2013): A new species of freshwater goby from Pohnpei, Micronesia (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae). Cybium, 37 (3): 171-177.
  4. ^ Keith, P., Lord, C., Boseto, D. & Ebner, B.C. (2016): A new species of Lentipes (Gobiidae) from the Solomon Islands. Cybium, 40 (2): 139-146.
  5. ^ Harefa, T. & Chen, I. (2022): A new species of gobiid fish Lentipes niasensis (Gobiidae: Sicydiinae) from Nias Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 5819 (1): 57-66.