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Sea Gobies
Gobiinae
True gobies were a subfamily, the Gobiinae, of the goby family Gobiidae, although the 5th edition of the Fishes of the World does not subdivide the Gobiidae into subfamilies. They are found in all oceans and a few rivers and lakes, but most live in warm waters. Altogether, the Gobiinae unite about 1149 described species in 160 genera, and new ones are still being discovered in numbers.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 1,336 known species
Gobius
genusGobius
Frillfin Gobies
genusBathygobius
Neogobius
genusNeogobius
Istigobius
genusIstigobius
Amblyeleotris
genusAmblyeleotris
Valenciennea
genusValenciennea
Amblygobius
genusAmblygobius
Cryptocentrus
genusCryptocentrus
Pygmygobies
genusTrimma
Coryphopterus
genusCoryphopterus
Eviotops dwarfgobies
genusEviotops
Bryaninops
genusBryaninops
Rhinogobiops
genusRhinogobiops
Neon Gobies
genusElacatinus
Ghostgobies
genusPleurosicya
Fusigobius
genusFusigobius
Favonigobius
genusFavonigobius
Eviota Dwarfgobies
genusEviota
Gobiosoma
genusGobiosoma
Starry Gobies
genusAsterropteryx
Ctenogobiops
genusCtenogobiops
Flathead Gobies
genusGlossogobius
Mauligobius
genusMauligobius
Gobiodon
genusGobiodon
Caffrogobius
genusCaffrogobius
Padogobius
genusPadogobius
Vanderhorstia
genusVanderhorstia
Lythrypnus
genusLythrypnus
Koumansetta
genusKoumansetta
Thorogobius
genusThorogobius
Lophogobius
genusLophogobius
Yongeichthys
genusYongeichthys
Priolepis
genusPriolepis
Acentrogobius
genusAcentrogobius
Tubenose Gobies
genusProterorhinus
Tomiyamichthys
genusTomiyamichthys
Exyrias
genusExyrias
Drombus
genusDrombus
Wheelerigobius
genusWheelerigobius
Tigrigobius
genusTigrigobius
Callogobius
genusCallogobius
Ponticola
genusPonticola
Oplopomus
genusOplopomus
Lubricogobius
genusLubricogobius
Hazeus
genusHazeus
Arenigobius
genusArenigobius
Microgobius
genusMicrogobius
Zebrus
genusZebrus
Stonogobiops
genusStonogobiops
Signigobius
genusSignigobius
Paragobiodon
genusParagobiodon
Mahidolia
genusMahidolia
Cryptocentroides
genusCryptocentroides
Lotilia
genusLotilia
Psammogobius
genusPsammogobius
Nes
genusNes
Aphia
genusAphia
Chromogobius
genusChromogobius
Myersina
genusMyersina
Silhouettea
genusSilhouettea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 556686.