Hazeus

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

Last updated October 01, 2025

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 nephodes (E. K. Jordan, 1925) (Cloudy goby)
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

↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hazeus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 September 2025.
1 2 Allen, G.R.; 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.
↑ Goren, M.; M. Dor (1994). An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). Jerusalem, Israel: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
↑ Engin, S.; H. Larson; 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.
↑ Anderson, R.C.; J.E. Randall; R.H. Kuiter (1998). "New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species". Ichthyol. Bull. 67 (2): 20–36.
↑ 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. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10846448.

This Gobiidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hazeus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 September 2025.

[Allen-2] 1 2 Allen, G.R.; 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.; M. Dor (1994). An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). Jerusalem, Israel: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

[4] Engin, S.; H. Larson; 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; 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. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10846448.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

Hazeus

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