''Clariger'' 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 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 the northwestern

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from coastal waters and

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around

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and

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Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Clariger chionomaculatus'' Shiogaki, 1988 * '' Clariger cosmurus''

D. S. Jordan David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Universi ...

& Snyder, 1901 * '' Clariger exilis'' Snyder, 1911 * '' Clariger papillosus'' Ebina, 1935 * '' Clariger taiwanensis'' 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 Taxa named by David Starr Jordan {{Gobionellinae-stub