Taenioides

Taenioides is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

==Species== Thirteen recognized species are in this genus: Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (eel worm goby) Taenioides buchanani (F. Day, 1873) (Burmese gobyeel) Taenioides caniscapulus Roxas & Ablan, 1938 Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860) (bearded worm goby) Taenioides eruptionis (Bleeker, 1849) Taenioides esquivel J. L. B. Smith, 1947 (bulldog eelgoby) Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes, 1837) (slender eel goby) Taenioides jacksoni J. L. B. Smith, 1943 (bearded eelgoby) Taenioides kentalleni Murdy & J. E. Randall, 2002 Taenioides limicola C. L. Smith, 1964 Taenioides mordax (De Vis, 1883) Taenioides nigrimarginatus Hora, 1924 (blackfin eel goby) Taenioides purpurascens (De Vis, 1884) (purple eelgoby)