{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Peter | authority = Schliewen, 2023 | type_species = ''Didogobius wirtzi'' | type_species_authority = Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008 }}
'''''Peter''''' is a genus of small marine fish in the subfamily Gobiinae, the true gobies. They are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean where they occur around the coasts of Senegal and the island nations of São Tomé and Principe and Cape Verde Islands. The name honours two marine biologists called Peter - Peter Wirtz and Peter J. Miller.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/gobiiformes6/ | title = Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (i-p) | accessdate= 30 September 2025 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 17 September 2025}}</ref> Both species form symbiotic relationships with burrowing shrimps, and were formerly allocated to genus ''Didogobius''
==Species== There are two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus|genus=Peter|access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref>
* ''Peter amicuscaridis'' <small>Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008</small> * ''Peter wirtzi'' <small>Schliewen & Kovačić, 2008</small>
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Category:Gobiinae Category:Taxa described in 2023 Category:Taxa named by Ulrich K. Schliewen Category:Actinopterygii genera
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