Hazeus

Hazeus
Hazeus otakii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Hazeus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Type species
Hazeus otakii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Hazeus is a genus of gobies, from the family Gobiidae, native to the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2021 ^[2]
• Hazeus elati (Goren, 1984) (Eilat sandgoby) ^[3]
• Hazeus ingressus Engin, Larson & Irmak, 2018 (Immigrant goby) ^[4]
• Hazeus maculipinna (J. E. Randall & Goren, 1993) ^[5]
• Hazeus otakii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Scalyhead goby)
• Hazeus paucisquamatus G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2024 ^[6] (Louisiade sand-goby)
• Hazeus profusus Allen & Erdmann 2021 ^[2]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hazeus". FishBase . June 2013 version.
2. Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2021. Description of two new sand-dwelling gobies (Gobiidae: Hazeus) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. aqua, Intl. J. Ichthyol. 27(2):37-56.
3. Goren, M. and M. Dor, 1994. An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel. 120 p.
4. Engin, S., H. Larson and E. Irmak, 2018. Hazeus ingressus sp. nov. a new goby species (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and a new invasion in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 19(2):316-325.
5. Anderson, R.C., J.E. Randall and R.H. Kuiter, 1998. New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species. Ichthyol. Bull. 67(2):20-36.
6. Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. (2024) Hazeus paucisquamatus, a new sand-dwelling goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 41, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10846448