Redigobius

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Redigobius
Redigobius bikolanus(Yaizu,Shizuoka,Japan,2007).jpg
Redigobius bikolanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Redigobius
Herre, 1927
Type species
Gobius sternbergi
Synonyms
  • CyprinogobiusKoumans, 1937
  • OstreogobiusWhitley, 1930
  • ParvigobiusWhitley, 1930

Redigobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Oxudercidae, known commonly as dualspot gobies. [1] They are native to the western Indo-Pacific region, where they occur in estuaries and freshwater habitats just above the tidal influence. [2]

Some of these gobies are abundant fish species. The most widespread is the speckled goby (R. bikolanus), [2] which occurs throughout the western Pacific Ocean and from Australia to Africa. [3] Some Redigobius are kept as aquarium pets. [2] The Fijian endemic Lever's goby (R. leveri) is featured on the ten-dollar bill in the 2013 series of Fijian currency. [4]

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus. [5]

Species include:

Synonyms

References

  1. "Redigobius". Atlas of Living Australia.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Larson, H. K. (2010). "A review of the gobiid fish genus Redigobius (Teleostei: Gobionellinae), with descriptions of two new species". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 21 (2): 123–91.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Redigobius bikolanus". FishBase .
  4. Jenkins, A. P. (June 2013). "Fiji freshwater fish graces new 10-dollar bill: Bringing freshwater fish into the popular consciousness" (PDF). Saving Freshwater Fishes and Habitats: Newsletter of the IUCN SSC/WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group. p. 10.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Redigobius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 September 2025.