Oxyurichthys

Oxyurichthys
Oxyurichthys cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Oxyurichthys Bleeker, 1857
Type species
Gobius belosso Bleeker, 1854
Synonyms
GobiichthysKlunzinger, 1871 PaeneapocryptesHerre, 1927 PselaphiasJordan & Seale, 1906

Oxyurichthys is a genus of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae, commonly known as arrowfin gobies. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; one species is also known from the western Atlantic Ocean. ^[1] Most species live in shallow waters under 10 meters deep over fine substrates such as silt. ^[1]

Species

The following 22 species are recognized in the genus Oxyurichthys: ^[2]

• Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Bleeker, 1876 (scaly-nape tentacle goby)
• Oxyurichthys chinensis Pezold & Larson, 2015
• Oxyurichthys cornutus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (horned tentacle goby)
• Oxyurichthys heisei Pezold, 1998
• Oxyurichthys keiensis (J.L.B. Smith, 1938) (Kei goby)
• Oxyurichthys limophilus Pezold & Larson, 2015
• Oxyurichthys lonchotus (O. P. Jenkins, 1903) (speartail mudgoby)
• Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner, 1893)
• Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849) (maned goby)
• Oxyurichthys notonema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909) (threadfin mudgoby)
• Oxyurichthys nuchalis (Barnard, 1927)
• Oxyurichthys omanensis Zarei, Al Jufaili and Esmaeili, 2022 ^[3]
• Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema (Bleeker, 1856) (eyebrow goby)
• Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837) (frogface goby)
• Oxyurichthys paulae Pezold, 1998 (jester goby)
• Oxyurichthys petersii (Klunzinger, 1871)
• Oxyurichthys rapa Pezold & Larson, 2015
• Oxyurichthys saru Tomiyama, 1936
• Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1958) (spotfin goby)
• Oxyurichthys takagi Pezold, 1998
• Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes, 1837)
• Oxyurichthys zeta Pezold & Larson, 2015

Synonyms

• Oxyurichthys guibei J.L.B. Smith, 1959; valid as O. lonchotus
• Oxyurichthys lemayi (J.L.B. Smith, 1947); valid as O. notonema (lace goby)
• Oxyurichthys mindanensis (Herre, 1927); valid as O. notonema
• Oxyurichthys uronema (M. C. W. Weber, 1909); valid as O. longicauda (longtail tentacle goby)
• Oxyurichthys viridis Herre, 1927; valid as O. ophthalmonema
• Oxyurichthys visayanus Herre, 1927; valid as O. lonchotus

References

1. Pezold F (1998). "Three new species of Oxyurichthys (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans". Copeia. 1998 (3): 687–695. doi:10.2307/1447798. JSTOR   1447798.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oxyurichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
3. Fatah Zarei; Saud M. Al Jufaili; Hamid Reza Esmaeili (2022). "Oxyurichthys omanensis sp. nov., A New Eyebrow Goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Oman". Zootaxa. 5182 (4): 361–376. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5182.4.3.