genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
in the
family
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Gobiidae
Gobiidae or gobies is a family (biology), family of bony fish in the order (biology), order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genus, genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typ ...
. They are found in
fresh
Fresh may refer to:
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,
brackish
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...
and
marine water
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of the
Indo-Pacific
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region. Several of the freshwater
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
have highly restricted
distribution Distribution may refer to:
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s.
Species
There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:
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Mugilogobius abei
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 re ...
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Mugilogobius adeia
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 ...
Mugilogobius amadi
''Mugilogobius amadi'', the poso bungu, is a critically endangered (possibly extinct) species of fish in the family Gobiidae. It is endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although sometimes placed in its own genus ''Weberogobius'', recent a ...
Mugilogobius cagayanensis
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Gobiidae. They are found in freshwater, fresh, brackish water, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted spec ...
'' (
Aurich
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, 1938)
* ''
Mugilogobius cavifrons
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 re ...
Mugilogobius chulae
''Mugilogobius chulae'', commonly known as the yellowstripe goby or Chulae's goby, is a species of freshwater, brackish goby, where it feeds on small crustaceans, aquatic insects and insect larvae. It is found in coastal eastern Asia from the Ryu ...
'' ( H. M. Smith, 1932) (Yellow-stripe mangrove goby)
* ''
Mugilogobius durbanensis
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 re ...
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, 1927) (Durban mangrove goby)
* ''
Mugilogobius fasciatus
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 re ...
Mugilogobius filifer
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 re ...
Mugilogobius flavomaculatus
''Mugilogobius'' is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.
Species
There are currently 33 re ...
Herder
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, 2014 (Black towuti goby) Larson, H.K., Geiger, M.F., Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2014): ''Mugilogobius hitam'', a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from Lake Towuti, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 718–725.''
* '' Mugilogobius karatunensis'' (
Aurich
Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', ) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in popula ...
Aurich
Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Auerk'', West Frisian: ''Auwerk'', ) is a town in the East Frisian region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in popula ...