Luciogobius
Luciogobius | |
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Luciogobius guttatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
Genus: | Luciogobius T. N. Gill , 1859
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Type species | |
Luciogobius guttatus T. N. Gill, 1859
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Luciogobius is a genus of goby in the subfamily of Gobionellinae, commonly called worm gobies. It is distributed along the coast of northeastern Asia, where species can be found in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Most species occur in Japan, and several are endemic.[1]
These gobies are unusual in appearance and habitat preference. They are small fish, about 2 to 7 cm (0.8–2.8 in) long, with very elongated bodies. The
Other habitat types occupied by species in the genus include
Most of the species studied spawn in the intertidal zone, but one species has been observed spawning in freshwater rivers. The eggs are generally attached to the undersides of rocks or are buried in the gravel or stone substrate.[4]
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus.
The described species are:[5]
- Luciogobius adapel Okiyama, 2001
- Luciogobius albus Regan, 1940
- Luciogobius ama (Snyder, 1909)
- Luciogobius brevipterus J. S. T. F. Chen, 1932
- Luciogobius dormitoris Shiogaki & Dotsu, 1976
- Luciogobius elongatus Regan, 1905
- Luciogobius fluvialis Kanagawa, Itai & Senou, 2011
- Luciogobius fonticola Kanagawa, Itai & Senou, 2011
- Luciogobius grandis R. Arai, 1970
- T. N. Gill, 1859 (flat-headed goby)
- Luciogobius koma (Snyder, 1909)
- Luciogobius pallidus Regan, 1940
- Luciogobius parvulus (Snyder, 1909)
- Luciogobius platycephalus Shiogaki & Dotsu, 1976
- Luciogobius ryukyuensis I. S. Chen, T. Suzuki & Senou, 2008[6]
- Luciogobius saikaiensis Dotsu, 1957
References
- ^ a b Kanagawa, N., et al. (2011). Two new species of freshwater gobies of the genus Luciogobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Japan. Bull Kanagawa Prefect Mus (Nat Sci) 40, 67-74.
- ^ Yamada, T., et al. (2009). Adaptive radiation of gobies in the interstitial habitats of gravel beaches accompanied by body elongation and excessive vertebral segmentation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9 145.
- ISBN 978-1402000768
- ^ a b Kondo, M., et al. (2012). Spawning habitat and early development of Luciogobius ryukyuensis (Gobiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 95(2), 291-300.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Luciogobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Chen, I. S., et al. (2008). A new species of gobiid fish, Luciogobius from Ryukyus, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Marine Science and Technology 16(4), 250-54.