''Gobiosoma'' is a

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gobies Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...

native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of the

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Species

Several additional species were formerly included in this ''Gobiosoma'', but these have been moved to ''

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'' and '' Tigrigobius''. There are currently 19 recognized species in ''Gobiosoma'', but ''Gobiosoma pallida'' is a ''

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'': * '' Gobiosoma aceras'' ( Ginsburg, 1939) (White-margined goby) Tornabene, L. & Van Tassell, J.L. (2014): Redescription of the goby genus ''Gobiosoma'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini), with the synonymy of the genus ''Enypnias''. ''Journal of Natural History, 48 (23-24): 1413-1437.'' * '' Gobiosoma alfiei'' J. C. Joyeux & Macieira, 2015 (Alfie's goby) Van Tassell, J.L., Joyeux, J.-C., Macieira, R.M. & Tornabene, L. (2015): Status of ''Gobiosoma'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of ''G. hemigymnum'', molecular phylogeny of the genus, and key to Atlantic species. ''Zootaxa, 4007 (4): 451–480.'' * '' Gobiosoma bosc'' ( Lacépède, 1800) (Naked goby) * '' Gobiosoma chiquita'' ( O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Sonora goby) * '' Gobiosoma ginsburgi''

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& Schroeder, 1928 (Seaboard goby) * '' Gobiosoma grosvenori'' ( C. R. Robins, 1964) (Rock-cut goby) * '' Gobiosoma hemigymnum'' ( C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888) (Half-naked goby) * '' Gobiosoma hildebrandi'' ( Ginsburg, 1939) * '' Gobiosoma homochroma'' ( Ginsburg, 1939) * '' Gobiosoma longipala'' Ginsburg, 1933 (Two-scale goby) * '' Gobiosoma nudum'' (

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, 1928) (Knob-chin goby) * '' Gobiosoma pallida'' Herre, 1934 Keith, P., Lord, C. & Larson, H.K. (2017)
Review of ''Schismatogobius'' (Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea to Samoa, with description of seven new species.
''Cybium, 41 (1): 45-66.'' * '' Gobiosoma paradoxum'' ( Günther, 1861) (Paradox goby) * '' Gobiosoma robustum'' Ginsburg, 1933 (Code goby) * '' Gobiosoma schultzi'' ( Ginsburg, 1944) * '' Gobiosoma seminudum'' ( Günther, 1861) (Silt goby) * '' Gobiosoma spes'' ( Ginsburg, 1939) (Vermiculated goby) * '' Gobiosoma spilotum'' ( Ginsburg, 1939) (Isthmian goby) * '' Gobiosoma yucatanum'' C. E. Dawson, 1971 (Yucatán goby)

References

Gobiidae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard {{Gobiidae-stub