Bathygobius Explained
Bathygobius is a circumtropical genus of fish in the family Gobiidae.[1]
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
- Bathygobius aeolosoma (J. D. Ogilby, 1889)
- Bathygobius albopunctatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Whitespotted goby)
- Bathygobius andrei (Sauvage, 1880)
- Bathygobius antilliensis Tornabene, C. C. Baldwin & Pezold, 2010 (Antilles frillfin)
- Bathygobius arundelii (Garman, 1899)
- Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy, 1875)
- Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune, 1880)
- Bathygobius coalitus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Whitespotted frillgoby)
- Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854) (Cocos frill-goby)
- Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner, 1879) (Cheekscaled frill-goby)
- Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar, 1919) (Notchtongue goby)
- Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Spotted frillgoby)
- Bathygobius fishelsoni Goren, 1978
- Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830) (Dusky frillgoby)
- Bathygobius geminatus Tornabene, C. C. Baldwin & Pezold, 2010 (Twin-spotted frillfin)
- Bathygobius hongkongensis C. Lam, 1986
- Bathygobius karachiensis Hoda & Goren, 1990
- Bathygobius kreftii (Steindachner, 1866) (Krefft's frillgoby)
- Bathygobius laddi (Fowler, 1931) (Brownboy goby)
- Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns, 1841) (Southern frillfin)
- Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji, 1936) (Meggitt's goby)
- Bathygobius mero G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Nisha K. Ichida, 2024[2]
- Bathygobius mystacium Ginsburg, 1947 (Island frillfin)
- Bathygobius niger (J. L. B. Smith, 1960) (Black minigoby)
- Bathygobius ostreicola (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1916)
- Bathygobius panayensis (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907)
- Bathygobius petrophilus (Bleeker, 1853)
- Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg, 1947 (Panamic frillfin)
- Bathygobius smithi R. Fricke, 1999
- Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) (Frillfin goby)
Notes and References
- Miller, PJ . Stefanni S. . 2001 . The eastern Pacific species of Bathygobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae) . Revista de Biología Tropical . 49 . Supplement 1 . 141–156. 15260163 . Abstract
- Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Ichida, N.K. (2024) A new sponge-dwelling goby (Gobiidae: Bathygobius) from Indonesia, Philippines, and Australia. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 41,47-53.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14003729
