''Stonogobiops'' is a
genus of
gobies native to the
Indian and
Pacific oceans. This is one of the "shrimp goby" genera, the members of these genera being
commensal with various species of
shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
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Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:Stonogobiops dracula
''Stonogobiops dracula'', the Dracula shrimpgoby, is a species of goby native to reef environments around the Seychelles and the Maldives. It can be found at depths of where it inhabits areas of rubble or sand near to the reefs where it is a ...
'' Polunin & Lubbock, 1977 (Dracula shrimp-goby)
* '' Stonogobiops larsonae'' ( G. R. Allen, 1999) (Larson's shrimpgoby)
* '' Stonogobiops medon'' Hoese & J. E. Randall, 1982
* ''Stonogobiops nematodes
''Stonogobiops nematodes'', the Filament-finned prawn-goby, the Antenna goby, the high-fin goby, the red-banded goby, the high-fin red-banded goby, the striped goby, the barber-pole goby, or the black-ray Goby, is a species of marine goby nativ ...
'' Hoese & J. E. Randall, 1982 (Filament-finned prawn-goby)
* '' Stonogobiops pentafasciata'' Iwata & Hirata Hirata may refer to:
Places
*Hirata, Fukushima, former village in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Gifu, former town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Shimane, former city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
*Hirata, Yamagata was a town located in ...
, 1994
* '' Stonogobiops xanthorhinica'' Hoese & J. E. Randall, 1982 (Yellownose prawn-goby)
* '' Stonogobiops yasha'' Yoshino & Shimada, 2001 (Orange-striped shrimpgoby)
References
Gobiidae
{{Gobiidae-stub