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Favonigobius

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Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyGobiidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded14,897

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
258
Family
Gobiidae
Collections
USNM, NMV, CAS
Recorded in
Australia, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Indonesia, Philippines, Tonga, Kenya, Saudi Arabia

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Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.

==Species== There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley, 1950 (exquisite sand goby) Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) (sharp-nosed sand goby) Favonigobius lateralis (W. J. Macleay, 1881) Favonigobius lentiginosus (J. Richardson, 1844) Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) (blackthroat goby) Favonigobius opalescens (Herre, 1936) Favonigobius phaiospilosoma (Bleeker, 1849) Favonigobius punctatus (H. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990) Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Indopacific tropical sand goby) Synonyms Favonigobius aliciae (Herre, 1936); valid as F. reichei

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