Favonigobius

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Favonigobius
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Favonigobius lateralis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Favonigobius
Whitley, 1930
Type species
Gobius lateralis
W. J. Macleay, 1881
Synonyms
  • AurigobiusWhitley, 1959
  • PapillogobiusH. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990
  • ThalassogobiusHerre, 1953

Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.

Species

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

Synonyms

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Favonigobius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 September 2025.