Platygobiopsis

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Platygobiopsis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Platygobiopsis
V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1992
Type species
Platygobiopsis akihito
V. G. Springer & J. E. Randall, 1992

Platygobiopsis is a genus of gobies native to the western Pacific Ocean. [1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Platygobiopsis in FishBase . June 2013 version.
  2. Jaafar, Zeehan; Larson, Helen K. (2020). "A New Species of Mudskipper, Periophthalmus takita (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), from Australia, with a Key to the Genus". Zoological Science. 25 (9): 946–952. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.946. ISSN   0289-0003.