''Acanthogobius'' is a genus of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...
native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of eastern
Asia
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.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Acanthogobius elongatus''
(Fang, 1942)
* ''
Acanthogobius flavimanus''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob ...
& Schlegel, 1845) (Yellowfin goby)
* ''
Acanthogobius hasta''
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
* ''
Acanthogobius insularis''
(Shibukawa & Taki, 1996)
* ''
Acanthogobius lactipes''
( Hilgendorf, 1879)
* ''
Acanthogobius luridus
''Acanthogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of eastern Asia.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:
* '' Acanthogobius elongatus'' (Fang, 1942)
* '' Acanthogobius flavimanus'' ...
''
( Y. Ni & H. L. Wu, 1985)
* ''
Acanthogobius ommaturus''
(Richardson, 1845)
* ''
Acanthogobius stigmothonus''
(Richardson, 1845)
Summary
Body relatively large, head moderately long, triangular in cross-section, eyes close together near top of head; mouth terminal, oblique, reaching almost to below middle of eye.
A brownish goby with darker mottling on the back and cheek, and a thin dark diagonal line from eye to rear margin of jaws. Midsides with 6-8 irregular darker blotches, and a dark round spot at the base of the tail. Upper part of pectoral-fin base with a short horizontal dark bar. Dorsal and caudal fin with fine speckled lines, pectoral fins yellow.
Accidentally introduced to Australia and California when juveniles or larvae were transported in ship's ballast water which was released in ports of call.
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References
Gobionellinae
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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