Taenioides

Taenioides is diagnosed amongst Gobiidae by the proximal radial of anterior second anal-fin pterygiophore being spatulate. Taenioides spp. have raised dermal ridges bearing sensory papillae on the head and body as well as barbels on the underside of the head arranged in several different patterns.

Taenioides is distributed from the east coast of Africa, Arabian Gulf, throughout southeast Asia, Australia, China, and Japan.