# Acentrogobius

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***Acentrogobius*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [gobies](/source/Gobies) native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean) and the western [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).

*Acentrogobius matsya* is an [otolith](/source/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]

- *[Acentrogobius brevirostris](/source/Acentrogobius_brevirostris)* (Günther, 1861)
- *[Acentrogobius caninus](/source/Acentrogobius_caninus)* ([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1837) (Tropical sand goby)
- *[Acentrogobius cenderawasih](/source/Acentrogobius_cenderawasih)* [Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen) & [Erdmann](/source/Mark_van_Nydeck_Erdmann), 2012 (Cenderawasih goby)
- *[Acentrogobius chusanensis](/source/Acentrogobius_chusanensis)* (Herre, 1940)
- *[Acentrogobius dayi](/source/Acentrogobius_dayi)* [Koumans](/source/Frederik_Petrus_Koumans), 1941 (Day's goby)
- *[Acentrogobius decaryi](/source/Acentrogobius_decaryi)* (Pellegrin, 1932)
- *[Acentrogobius gracilis](/source/Acentrogobius_gracilis)* ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1875) (Bluespotted mangrovegoby)
- *[Acentrogobius griseus](/source/Acentrogobius_griseus)* ([Day](/source/Francis_Day), 1876) (Grey goby)
- *[Acentrogobius horai](/source/Acentrogobius_horai)* (Fowler, 1925)
- *[Acentrogobius janthinopterus](/source/Acentrogobius_janthinopterus)* ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1853) (Robust mangrove goby)
- *[Acentrogobius limarius](/source/Acentrogobius_limarius)* [Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), [Erdmann](/source/Mark_van_Nydeck_Erdmann) & [Hadiaty](/source/Renny_Kurnia_Hadiaty), 2015 (Batanta mud goby) [4]
- *[Acentrogobius madraspatensis](/source/Acentrogobius_madraspatensis)* ([F. Day](/source/Francis_Day), 1868) (Manyband goby)
- *[Acentrogobius matsya](/source/Acentrogobius_matsya)* Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)[2]
- *[Acentrogobius moloanus](/source/Acentrogobius_moloanus)* ([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1927) (Barcheek amoya)
- *[Acentrogobius multifasciatus](/source/Acentrogobius_multifasciatus)* ([Herre](/source/Albert_William_Herre), 1927)
- *[Acentrogobius pellidebilis](/source/Acentrogobius_pellidebilis)* [Lee](/source/Lee_Yong-Joo) & [Kim](/source/Kim_Ik-Soo), 1992
- *[Acentrogobius pflaumii](/source/Acentrogobius_pflaumii)* ([Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1853) (Striped sandgoby)
- *[Acentrogobius quinquemaculatus](/source/Acentrogobius_quinquemaculatus)* Allen, 2017
- *[Acentrogobius simplex](/source/Acentrogobius_simplex)* ([Sauvage](/source/Henri_%C3%89mile_Sauvage), 1880) (Bagamoyo goby)
- *[Acentrogobius therezieni](/source/Acentrogobius_therezieni)* [Kiener](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Kiener), 1963
- *[Acentrogobius vanderloosi](/source/Acentrogobius_vanderloosi)* [Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2015 (Mudslope goby) [5]
- *[Acentrogobius veliensis](/source/Acentrogobius_veliensis)* (Geevarghese & [John](/source/Puthanvettil_A._John), 1982)
- *[Acentrogobius violarisi](/source/Acentrogobius_violarisi)* [Allen](/source/Gerald_R._Allen), 2015 (Alotau goby) [5]
- *[Acentrogobius virgatulus](/source/Acentrogobius_virgatulus)* (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- *[Acentrogobius viridipunctatus](/source/Acentrogobius_viridipunctatus)* ([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1837) (Spotted green goby)

## References

1. 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9)

1. Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Hadiaty, R.K. (2015). ["*Acentrogobius limarius*, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from West Papua Province, Indonesia"](http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf15c.pdf). *Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation*. **15**: 33–40.

1. Allen, G.R. (2015). ["Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: *Acentrogobius*) from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea"](http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf14a.pdf). *Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation*. **14**: 1–13.

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