Pseudogobius

Pseudogobius
Pseudogobius olorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Pseudogobius Popta, 1922
Type species
None designated but Gobius javanicusBleeker, 1856 should be designated as such [1]
Synonyms
Lizagobius Whitley, 1933 Pseudogobius Koumans, 1931 PseudogobiusAurich, 1938

Pseudogobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae. It is widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. ^[2] Species occur in freshwater and estuarine habitat types, such as mangroves and seagrass beds. ^[3]

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: ^[4]

• Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]
• Pseudogobius avicennia Herre, 1940
• Pseudogobius cinctus Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]
• Pseudogobius eos Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]
• Pseudogobius fulvicaudus S. P. Huang, K. T. Shao & I. S. Chen, 2014 ^[6]
• Pseudogobius hoesei Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]
• Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker, 1856) ( Species inquirenda )
• Pseudogobius jeffi Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]
• Pseudogobius masago Tomiyama, 1936
• Pseudogobius melanosticta F. Day, 1876
• Pseudogobius minimus (Hora, 1923)
• Pseudogobius olorum ( Sauvage, 1880) (Bluespot goby) ^[7]
• Pseudogobius poicilosoma Bleeker, 1849 (Northern fatnose goby)
• Pseudogobius rhizophora Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]
• Pseudogobius taijiangensis I. S. Chen S. P. Huang & K. Y. Huang, 2014 ^[8]
• Pseudogobius verticalis Larson & Hammer, 2021 ^[5]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genus Pseudogobius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudogobius". FishBase . June 2017 version.
3. Yokoo, T.; et al. (2008). "Juvenile morphology of three Pseudogobius species (Gobiidae) occurring in a mangrove estuary, southern Thailand" (PDF). Laguna. 15: 77–82.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudogobius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
5. Helen K Larson; Michael P Hammer (15 April 2021). "A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia". Zootaxa. 4961 (1): zootaxa.4961.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4961.1.1. PMID   33903575.
6. Huang, S.-P.; Shao, K.-T.; Huang, H.-M.; Chong, V.-C.; Chen, I-S. (2014). "An annotated checklist of gobioid fishes from the mangrove estuary of Matang, Malay Peninsula, with comments on a new Pseudogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) species" (PDF). Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 21 (Suppl): 106–116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25.
7. "Bluespot Goby, Pseudogobius olorum (Sauvage 1880)". Fishes of Australia– via Museum Victoria.
8. Chen, I-S.; Huang, S.-P.; Huang, H.-M. (2014). "A new species of genus Pseudogobius Popta (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from brackish waters of Taiwan and Southern China" (PDF). Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 21 (Suppl): 130–134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-25.