Favonigobius
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Favonigobius is a genus
of gobies in the family
Gobiidae (true gobies). Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae
, a relative of the true gobies.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of gobies in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Gobiidae (true gobies). Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae
Kraemeriidae
The sand darters, family Kraemeriidae, are a small family of fishes containing eight species in two genera in the order Perciformes.Sand darters live in sandy shallow pools. They are found among coral. In breeding coloration the male fish has an occelated spot at the rear of the first dorsal fin....
, a relative of the true gobies.
Species
- Favonigobius aliciae (Herre, 1936)
- Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley, 1950 – Exquisite Sand Goby
- Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) – Sharp-nosed Sand Goby
- Favonigobius lateralisFavonigobius lateralisFavonigobius lateralis is a marine goby of the family Gobiidae, found in eastern Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand....
- Favonigobius lentiginosusFavonigobius lentiginosusFavonigobius lentiginosus is a marine goby of the family Gobiidae, found in the central western Pacific through to the southwest Pacific including New Zealand....
- Favonigobius melanobranchus – Blackthroat GobyBlackthroat gobyThe Blackthroat Goby is a fish species in the family Gobiidae. Formerly, it was separated in Papillogobius with the Tropical Sand Goby ....
(formerly in Papillogobius) - Favonigobius opalescens (Herre, 1936)
- Favonigobius reichei – Indopacific Tropical Sand Goby (formerly in Papillogobius)