''Navigobius'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Microdesmidae
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native to the
Indo
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-
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Navigobius dewa''
Hoese & Motomura, 2009
* ''
Navigobius khanhoa''
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...
, 2016 [Prokofiev, A.M. (2016)]
Gobies (Gobioidei) of Soft Bottoms from Nha Trang and Van Phong Bays (South China Sea, Vietnam).
''Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (6): 799–817.''
* ''
Navigobius vittatus''
G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2015 (Brunei dartfish)
[Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Dita Cahyani, N.K. (2015)]
''Navigobius vittatus'', a new species of dartfish (Gobiidae: Ptereleotrinae) from Brunei Darussalam.
''Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 17: 12–21.''
References
Marine fish genera
Microdesmidae
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