Chriolepis Explained

Chriolepis is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

• Chriolepis atrimelum W. A. Bussing, 1997
• Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg, 1953 (Deepwater goby)
• Chriolepis bilix Hastings & Findley, 2013 (Double-filament goby) ^[1]
• Chriolepis cuneata W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Rail goby)
• Chriolepis dialepta W. A. Bussing, 1990
• Chriolepis fisheri Herre, 1942 (Translucent goby)
• Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975
• Chriolepis minutillus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Rubble goby)
• Chriolepis prolata Hastings & Findley, 2015 (Platform goby) ^[2]
• Chriolepis roosevelti (Ginsburg, 1939) (Roosevelt's goby)
• Chriolepis tagus Ginsburg, 1953 (Mystery goby)
• Chriolepis semisquamata (Rutter, 1904) (Secret goby)
• Chriolepis vespa Hastings & Bortone, 1981 (Wasp goby)
• Chriolepis zebra Ginsburg, 1938 (Gecko goby)

Two species, C. bilix and C. prolata, are classified in the genus Pinnichthys by some authorities, as is C. atrimelum^[3] but this has not been reflected in FishBase.

Notes and References

1. Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2013): Chriolepis bilix, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from deep waters of the western Atlantic. Zootaxa, 3745 (5): 596–600.
2. Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2015): Chriolepis prolata, a new species of Atlantic goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the North American continental shelf. Zootaxa, 3904 (4): 589–595.
3. Luke Tornabene . James L. Van Tassell . Richard G. Gilmore . David Ross Robertson . Forrest Young . Carole C. Baldwin . 3 . 2016 . Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 177 . 4 . 764–812. 10.1111/zoj.12394 .