Exyrias
| Exyrias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Exyrias D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius puntangoides Bleeker, 1853 | |
Exyrias is a genus of gobies mostly native to marine waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean with one freshwater species (E. volcanus) known from the Philippines.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Exyrias akihito G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2005[2]
- Exyrias belissimus (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) (Mud Reef-goby)
- Exyrias ferrarisi Murdy, 1985
- Exyrias puntang (Bleeker, 1851) (Puntang Goby)
- Exyrias volcanus (Herre, 1927)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Exyrias in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Allen, Gerald R. & Randall, John E. (2005): Exyrias akihito, a new species of coral-reef goby (Gobiidae) from the western pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 231-235. PDF fulltext
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