Oxyurichthys

Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae, commonly known as arrowfin gobies. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean. Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt.

==Species== The following 22 species are recognized in the genus Oxyurichthys: Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker, 1876 (scaly-nape tentacle goby) Oxyurichthys chinensis Pezold & Larson, 2015 Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (horned tentacle goby) Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold, 1998 Oxyurichthys keiensis (J.L.B. Smith, 1938) (Kei goby) Oxyurichthys limophilus Pezold & Larson, 2015 Oxyurichthys lonchotus (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (speartail mudgoby) Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner, 1893) Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849) (maned goby) Oxyurichthys notonema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (threadfin mudgoby) Oxyurichthys nuchalis (Barnard, 1927) Oxyurichthys omanensis Zarei, Al Jufaili and Esmaeili, 2022 Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker, 1856) (eyebrow goby) Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837) (frogface goby) Oxyurichthys paulae Pezold, 1998 (jester goby) Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871) Oxyurichthys rapa Pezold & Larson, 2015 Oxyurichthys saru Tomiyama, 1936 Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1958) (spotfin goby) Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998 Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837) Oxyurichthys zeta Pezold & Larson, 2015 Synonyms Oxyurichthys guibei J.L.B. Smith, 1959; valid as O. lonchotus Oxyurichthys lemayi (J.L.B. Smith, 1947); valid as O. notonema (lace goby) Oxyurichthys mindanensis (Herre, 1927); valid as O. notonema Oxyurichthys uronema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909); valid as O. longicauda (longtail tentacle goby) Oxyurichthys viridis Herre, 1927; valid as O. ophthalmonema Oxyurichthys visayanus Herre, 1927; valid as O. lonchotus