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Pseudogobiopsis

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Pseudogobiopsis is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. They are native to fresh and brackish waters of southern and southeastern Asia. The genus is mainly distinguished by the number and arrangement of fin rays and spines, headpores, and sensory papillae, the large mouths of the males, a fleshy or bony flange on the pectoral girdle, and the shape of the genital papilla.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyGobiidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Specimen records
13
Family
Gobiidae
Collections
CAS, FMNH, TU
Recorded in
Thailand, Indonesia, Palau, Malaysia

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taxon
Parent taxon
Gobiidae
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taxon name
Pseudogobiopsis
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Pseudogobiopsis
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Pseudogobiopsis is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. They are native to fresh and brackish waters of southern and southeastern Asia. The genus is mainly distinguished by the number and arrangement of fin rays and spines, headpores, and sensory papillae, the large mouths of the males, a fleshy or bony flange on the pectoral girdle, and the shape of the genital papilla.

==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus: Pseudogobiopsis festivus Larson, 2009 Pseudogobiopsis lumbantobing Larson, Hadiaty & Hubert, 2017 Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker, 1875) – bigmouth stream goby Pseudogobiopsis paludosus (Herre, 1940) Pseudogobiopsus rubrimaculosa G. R. Allen & Larson, 2020 Pseudogobiopsis tigrellus (Nichols, 1951) – tiger goby

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