Gobioides

Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderPerciformes
FamilyGobiidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 104
With media: 1
Family: Gobiidae
Collections: ENCB-IPN, CUMV, TCWC, CAS, LSUMZ, UA
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Philippines, Australia, Guatemala, Suriname, India

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Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.

==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus: Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935) Gobioides broussonnetii Lacépède, 1800 (Violet goby) Gobioides grahamae G. Palmer & Wheeler, 1955 Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) (Peruvian eelgoby) Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862)

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