Oxyurichthys

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Oxyurichthys
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Oxyurichthys cornutus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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 species are recognized in the genus Oxyurichthys: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Oxyurichthys in FishBase . November 2021 version.