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''Taenioides'' is a genus of
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 fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the
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and the western
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Species

Thirteen recognized species are in this genus: * ''
Taenioides anguillaris ''Taenioides'' is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species Thirteen recognized species are in this genus: * ''Taenioides anguillaris'' (Carl Li ...
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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758)
(eel worm goby) * '' Taenioides buchanani'' ( F. Day, 1873) (Burmese gobyeel) * '' Taenioides caniscapulus'' Roxas & Ablan, 1938 * '' Taenioides cirratus'' ( Blyth, 1860) (bearded worm goby) * '' Taenioides eruptionis'' ( Bleeker, 1849) * '' Taenioides esquivel''
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1947
(bulldog eelgoby) * '' Taenioides gracilis'' (
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, 1837)
(slender eel goby) * '' Taenioides jacksoni''
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1943
(bearded eelgoby) * '' Taenioides kentalleni'' Murdy & J. E. Randall, 2002 * '' Taenioides limicola'' C. L. Smith, 1964 * '' Taenioides mordax'' (
De Vis Charles Walter de Vis (9 May 1829 – 30 April 1915)
Taenioides nigrimarginatus''
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, 1924
(blackfin eel goby) * '' Taenioides purpurascens'' (
De Vis Charles Walter de Vis (9 May 1829 – 30 April 1915)