''Microgobius'' is a

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native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the

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Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: * '' Microgobius brevispinis'' Ginsburg, 1939 (Balboa goby) * '' Microgobius carri'' Fowler, 1945 (Seminole goby) * '' Microgobius crocatus''

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, 1968 * '' Microgobius curtus'' Ginsburg, 1939 * '' Microgobius cyclolepis'' C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Roundscale goby) * '' Microgobius emblematicus'' (

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& C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Emblem goby) * '' Microgobius erectus'' Ginsburg, 1938 (Erect goby) * ''

Microgobius gulosus ''Microgobius'' is a genus of gobies native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. Species There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: * '' Microgobius brevispinis'' Ginsburg, 1939 (Balboa goby) * '' Microgobius carri ...

'' ( Girard, 1858) (Clown goby) * '' Microgobius meeki'' Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899 * '' Microgobius microlepis'' Longley &

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, 1940 (Banner goby) * '' Microgobius miraflorensis'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Miraflores goby) * '' Microgobius signatus'' Poey, 1876 * '' Microgobius tabogensis''

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, 1928 (Taboga goby) * '' Microgobius thalassinus'' (

& C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Green goby) * '' Microgobius urraca'' Tornabene, Van Tassell & D. R. Robertson, 2012 (Dark-finned sand goby)

References

Gobiidae {{Gobiidae-stub