Rhinogobius is a genus of primarily freshwater gobies in the family Oxudercidae, native to tropical and temperate parts of eastern Asia.[1] Most are small, streamlined in shape, and often sexually dimorphic. Few are of commercial importance, but R. duospilus is fairly widely traded as an aquarium fish.

Rhinogobius
Rhinogobius duospilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Rhinogobius
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Rhinogobius similis
T. N. Gill, 1859
Synonyms

Pseudorhinogobius Zhong & Wu, 1998
Tukugobius Herre, 1927

Species

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Rhinogobius sp. 'CB' from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
 
Rhinogobius brunneus, Korea
 
Rhinogobius delicatus, Taiwan
 
Rhinogobius sp. from Pulangi River, Mindanao, Philippines

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

In addition, there are four undescribed species in Japan awaiting further study:

  • Rhinogobius sp. 'BB' "Blue Belly" Aobara-yoshinobori (Japanese)
  • Rhinogobius sp. 'OM' Oumi-yoshinobori (Japanese)
  • Rhinogobius sp. 'MO' "Mosaic" Aya-yoshinobori (Japanese)
  • Rhinogobius sp. 'YB' "Yellow Belly" – Kibara-yoshinobori (Japanese)

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rhinogobius". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ^ Xia, J.-H., H.-L. Wu, C.-H. Li, Y.-Q. Wu and S.-H. Liu 2018 (12 Apr.), A new species of Rhinogobius (Pisces: Gobiidae), with analyses of its DNA barcode. Zootaxa 4407 (no. 4): 553-562.
  3. ^ a b Huang, S.-P., Chen, I-S. & Shao, K.-T. (2016): A new species of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Zhejiang Province, China. Ichthyological Research, 63 (4): 470-479.
  4. ^ Suzuki, T., Chen, I-S. & Senou, H. (2011): A new species of Rhinogobius Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Bonin Islands, Japan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 19 (6): 693-701.
  5. ^ Chen, I-S. & Miller, P.J. (2013): A new freshwater goby of Rhinogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Hainan Island, Southern China. Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 21 (Suppl.) [2013]: 124-129.
  6. ^ Suzuki, T., Shibukawa, K., Senou, H. & Chen, I-S. (2015): Redescription of Rhinogobius similis Gill 1859 (Gobiidae: Gobionellinae), the type species of the genus Rhinogobius Gill 1859, with designation of the neotype. Ichthyological Research, 63 (2): 227-238.