Callogobius

Callogobius
Callogobius hasseltii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Callogobius Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Eleotris hasseltii Bleeker, 1851

Callogobius is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae found in brackish and marine waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

These small gobies are distinguished by ridges of papillae on their heads. ^[1]

Species

The circumscription of the genus is unclear, but there are 41 species in the genus as it is currently known. ^{[2] [1]} Species include: ^[3]

• Callogobius albipunctatus Akihito & Ikeda, 2021 ^[4]
• Callogobius amikami Goren, Miroz & Baranes, 1991
• Callogobius andamanensis Menon & Chatterjee, 1974 (Andaman flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius aquilus Li & Chen, 2024
• Callogobius bauchotae Goren, 1979 (Bauchot's flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius bifasciatus (J. L. B. Smith, 1958) (Double-bar flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius bothriorrhynchus (Herzenstein, 1896)
• Callogobius centrolepis M. C. W. Weber, 1909 (Centre-scale flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius clarki (Goren, 1978) ^[5]
• Callogobius clitellus McKinney & Lachner, 1978 (Saddled flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius crassus McKinney & Lachner, 1984 (Stout flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius depressus (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius dori Goren, 1980
• Callogobius dorsomaculatus Akihito & Ikeda, 2021 ^[4]
• Callogobius falx Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura, 2021
• Callogobius flavobrunneus (J. L. B. Smith, 1958) (Slimy flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851) (Hasselt's flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius hastatus McKinney & Lachner, 1978 (Spear-fin flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius irrasus (J. L. B. Smith, 1959)
• Callogobius kuderi (Herre, 1943)
• Callogobius maculipinnis (Fowler, 1918) (Ostrich flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius mannarensis K. Rangarajan, 1970
• Callogobius mucosus (Günther, 1872) (Sculptured flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius nigromarginatus J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2000
• Callogobius okinawae (Snyder, 1908) (Okinawa flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius pilosimentum Delventhal, Mooi, Bogorodsky & A. O. Mal, 2016 (Hairy-chinned flap-headed goby) ^[1]
• Callogobius plumatus (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) (Feather flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius productus (Herre, 1927) (Elongate flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner, 1879) (Pacific flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius sheni I. S. Chen, J. P. Chen & L. S. Fang, 2006
• Callogobius shunkan Takagi, 1957
• Callogobius snelliusi Koumans, 1953
• Callogobius snyderi (Fowler, 1946)
• Callogobius stellatus McKinney & Lachner, 1978 (Stellar flap-headed goby)
• Callogobius swifti Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & William M. Brooks, 2020 ^[6]
• Callogobius tanegasimae (Snyder, 1908)
• Callogobius trifasciatus Menon & Chatterjee, 1976
• Callogobius tutuilae (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906)
• Callogobius vanclevei (Herre, 1950)
• Callogobius williamsi Delventhal & Mooi, 2023 ^[7]
• Callogobius winterbottomi Delventhal and Mooi, 2013 (Winterbottom's flap-headed goby) ^[2]

References

1. Delventhal, N.R.; Mooi, R.D.; Bogorodsky, S.V.; Mal, A.O. (2016). "A review of the Callogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4179 (2): 225–243. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4179.2.3. PMID   27811670.
2. Delventhal, N.R.; Mooi, R.D. (2013). "Callogobius winterbottomi, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3630 (1): 155–164. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.6. PMID   26131503.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Callogobius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 September 2025.
4. Akihito; Ikeda, Y. (2021). "Descriptions of two new species of Callogobius (Gobiidae) found in Japan". Ichthyological Research. 69: 97–110. doi:10.1007/s10228-021-00817-2.
5. Delventhal, N.R.; Mooi, R.D. (2014). "Redescription of Callogobius clarki (Goren) (Teleostei: Gobiidae), Not a Synonym of C. bifasciatus (Smith)". Copeia. 2014 (1): 143–148. doi:10.1643/CI-13-078.
6. Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Brooks, W.M. (2020). "Callogobius swifti, a new goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 35: 86–93. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3963684.
7. Delventhal, N. R.; R. D. Mooi (1 September 2023). "Callogobius williamsi, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Marquesas Islands, with notes on the status of all nominal Callogobius species". Zootaxa. 5339 (5): 449–464. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5339.5.3. PMID   38221405.