Taenioides

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Taenioides
Slender eel goby, Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes, 1837) by J. L. Nievera.jpg
Slender eel goby (T. gracilis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Amblyopinae
Genus: Taenioides
Lacépède, 1800
Type species
Taenioides hermannii
Lacépède, 1800
Synonyms

Taenioides is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. [1]

Species

Thirteen recognized species are in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Taenioides in FishBase . June 2013 version.