Gnatholepis

Gnatholepis is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is the only marine genus in the subfamily Gobionellinae, which otherwise includes mostly estuary-dwelling and freshwater fish. Gnatholepis are tropical fish associated with sandy habitat around corals.^[1]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus.^[1]

Species include:^[2]

• Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851) (eye-bar goby)

Two eye-bar gobies Gnatholepis anjerensis.

• Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle, 2005
• Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle, 2012
• Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853) (eyebar goby)
• Gnatholepis gymnocara J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001
• Gnatholepis knighti D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903
• Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1854)
• Gnatholepis pascuensis J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001 (Rapanui goby)
• Gnatholepis thompsoni D. S. Jordan, 1904 (goldspot goby)
• Gnatholepis yoshinoi T. Suzuki & J. E. Randall, 2009 (Yoshino's goby)

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