Acentrogobius
TaxonAcentrogobius
AuthorityBleeker, 1874
Type speciesGobius chlorostigma
Type species authorityBleeker, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Amoya Herre, 1927
  • Creisson Jordan & Seale, 1907
  • Mindorogobius Herre, 1945

Acentrogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Acentrogobius matsya is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.[2]

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

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  2. ^ Carolin, Nora; Bajpai, Sunil; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Schwarzhans, Werner (2022). "New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India". PalZ. 97: 43–80. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9
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  4. ^ Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Hadiaty, R.K. (2015). "Acentrogobius limarius, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 15: 33–40.
  5. ^ Allen, G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: Acentrogobius) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 14: 1–13.