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''Clariger'' 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 ...
of
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 the northwestern
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
from coastal waters and
tide pools A tide pool or rock pool is a shallow pool of seawater that forms on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide. Many tide pool habitats are home to especially adaptable animals that ...
around Japan and
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...
.


Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''
Clariger chionomaculatus ''Clariger'' is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, ...
'' Shiogaki, 1988 * '' Clariger cosmurus'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * ''
Clariger exilis ''Clariger'' is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, ...
'' Snyder, 1911 * ''
Clariger papillosus ''Clariger'' is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, ...
'' Ebina, 1935 * ''
Clariger taiwanensis ''Clariger'' is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, ...
'' Jang-Liaw, Y. H. Gong & I. S. Chen, 2012Jang-Liaw, N.-H., Gong, Y.-H. & Chen, I-S. (2012)
A new marine gobiid species of the genus ''Clariger'' Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan.
''ZooKeys, 199: 13–21, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.2645''


References

Gobionellinae {{Gobiiformes-stub