Clariger

Clariger
C. taiwanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Clariger D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Type species
Clariger cosmurus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Clariger is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Clariger chionomaculatus Shiogaki, 1988
• Clariger cosmurus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
• Clariger exilis Snyder, 1911
• Clariger papillosus Ebina, 1935
• Clariger sirahamaensis Sakamoto, 1932
• Clariger taiwanensis Jang-Liaw, Y. H. Gong & I. S. Chen, 2012 ^[2]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Clariger". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
2. Jang-Liaw, N.-H.; Gong, Y.-H.; Chen, I-S. (2012). "A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan" (PDF). ZooKeys (199): 13–21. Bibcode:2012ZooK..199...13J. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.2645 . PMC   3368280 . PMID   22711994.