Oligolepis

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Oligolepis
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Oligolepis acutipennis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Oligolepis
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius melanostigma
Bleeker, 1849
Synonyms

AparriusJordan & Richardson, 1908
WaiteaJordan & Seale, 1906

Oligolepis is a genus of fish in the goby family Gobiidae, native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: [1]

The genera Oligolepis and Oxyurichthys were rearranged by Larsson and Pezold in 2015 and O. keiensis was moved to Oxyurichthys while two other species Oligolepis formosanus and Oligolepis nijsseni were added to this genus. [2]

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Oxyurichthys lemayi, commonly known as the lace goby, is a species of goby found in the western Indian Ocean. This species reaches a length of 16 cm (6.3 in).

Oxyurichthys heisei, commonly known as the ribbon goby, is a species of goby is found in the eastern central Pacific (Hawaii). This species reaches a length of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).

Oxyurichthys paulae, commonly known as the jester goby, is a species of goby known only from Cochin, India. This species reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in).

Oxyurichthys takagi is a species of goby is found in the Western Pacific: known only from Palau. This species reaches a length of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).

Oxyurichthys chinensis is a species of goby found in the Northwest Pacific: China. This species reaches a length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in).

Oxyurichthys limophilus is a species of goby found in the western Indian Ocean off Kenya. This species reaches a length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in).

Oxyurichthys rapa is a species of goby found in the Eastern Pacific: Rapa. This species reaches a length of 5.7 cm (2.2 in).

Oxyurichthys zeta is a species of goby. It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Japan, Palau, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. This species reaches a length of 4.9 cm (1.9 in).

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Oligolepis in FishBase . June 2018 version.
  2. Pezold, F.L.; Larson, H.K. (2015). "A revision of the fish genus Oxyurichthys (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) with descriptions of four new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3988 (1): 1–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3988.1.1. PMID   26250215.