''Acentrogobius'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 th ...

native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the

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and the western

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. ''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus: * '' Acentrogobius caninus''

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, 1837 (Tropical sand goby) * '' Acentrogobius cenderawasih'' G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Cenderawasih goby) * ''

Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides ''Acentrogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Qu ...

'' Bleeker, 1849 (Greenspot goby) * ''

Acentrogobius cyanomos ''Acentrogobius cyanomos'', or the threadfin blue goby is an amphidromous Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily t ...

'' Bleeker, 1849 * ''

Acentrogobius dayi ''Acentrogobius dayi'', the Day's goby, is a species of goby found in the Western Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan. Size This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of Francis Day Francis Talbot ...

'' Koumans, 1941 (Day's goby) * '' Acentrogobius ennorensis'' Menon & Rema Devi, 1980 * '' Acentrogobius griseus'' F. Day, 1876 (Grey goby) * '' Acentrogobius janthinopterus'' Bleeker, 1853 (Robust mangrove goby) * '' Acentrogobius limarius'' G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Hadiaty, 2015 (Batanta mud goby) * '' Acentrogobius masoni'' F. Day, 1873 * '' Acentrogobius moloanus'' Herre, 1927 (Barcheek amoya) * '' Acentrogobius nebulosus'' Forsskål, 1775 (Shadow goby) * ''

Acentrogobius pellidebilis ''Acentrogobius pellidebilis'' is a species of goby found in Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Repu ...

'' Y. J. Lee & I. S. Kim, 1992 * '' Acentrogobius pflaumii'' Bleeker, 1853 (Striped sandgoby) * '' Acentrogobius signatus'' W. K. H. Peters, 1855 * ''

Acentrogobius simplex ''Acentrogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene ...

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, 1880 (Bagamoyo goby) * ''

Acentrogobius suluensis ''Acentrogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene ...

'' Herre, 1927 (Sulu goby) * ''

Acentrogobius therezieni ''Acentrogobius therezieni'' is a species of goby endemic to hard, fresh waters of Madagascar. This species can reach a length of TL. References Acentrogobius Freshwater fish of Madagascar Fish described in 1963 Taxonomy articles ...

'' Kiener, 1963 * '' Acentrogobius vanderloosi'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Mudslope goby) * ''

Acentrogobius viganensis ''Acentrogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...

, 1893 * ''

Acentrogobius violarisi ''Acentrogobius'' is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ''Acentrogobius matsya'' is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene ...

'' G. R. Allen, 2015 (Alotau goby) * '' Acentrogobius viridipunctatus''

, 1837 (Spotted green goby) * ''Acentrogobius matsya'' Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)

References

Gobiidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gobiidae-stub