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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Favonigobius is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Gobiidae, Animalia and Pacific Ocean.

It is catalogued under topics including Favonigobius and Gobiinae.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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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

Wikidata facts

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Parent taxon
Gobiinae
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FMIB 45725 Gobius lateralis.jpeg
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taxon name
Favonigobius
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Category:Favonigobius
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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.

==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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