Squalidus

Squalidus
Squalidus japonicus japonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Squalidus Dybowski, 1872
Type species
Squalidus chankaensis Dybowski, 1872
Synonyms
Parasqualidus A. Doi, 2000 SinigobioChu, 1934

Squalidus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. The fishes in this genus are found in Asia.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Squalidus argentatus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
• Squalidus atromaculatus (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
• Squalidus banarescui I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007
• Squalidus chankaensis Dybowski, 1872 (Khanka gudgeon)
• Squalidus gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Squalidus iijimae (Ōshima, 1919)
• Squalidus intermedius (Nichols, 1929)
• Squalidus japonicus (Sauvage, 1883)
• Squalidus maii (A. Doi, 2000)
• Squalidus mantschuricus (Mori, 1927)
• Squalidus minor (Harada, 1943)
• Squalidus multimaculatus K. Hosoya & S. R. Jeon, 1984
• Squalidus nitens (Günther, 1873)
• Squalidus wolterstorffi (Regan, 1908)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Squalidus". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Squalidus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 March 2025.