Karsten

Karsten, a genus of amblyopine goby, is distinguished from all other members
of the subfamily in having a spinous dorsal fin pterygiophore formula of 3-123, 3-
132, or 3-1221+2. The genus is also distinct within the subfamily in having only
nine precaudal vertebrae. Karsten lacks eyes as does Amblyotrypauchen, another
amblyopine genus that is found at depths of 30 m or greater. Karsten has only been
collected from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Fiji. Because of its lack of an interneural
gap, Karsten is assigned to the "Trypauchen" group.

Karsten is een monotypisch geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de Gobiidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 2002 voorgesteld door Edward O. Murdy om er de soort Gobioides totoyensis Garman, 1903 in te plaatsen.