Fusigobius Explained

Fusigobius is a genus of coral reef inhabiting gobies found throughout the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:

• Fusigobius aureus I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1997
• Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader, 1985 (Barenape Goby)
• Fusigobius inframaculatus (J. E. Randall, 1994) (Blotched Sand Goby)
• Fusigobius longispinus Goren, 1978 (Orange-spotted Sand-goby)
• Fusigobius maximus (J. E. Randall, 2001)
• Fusigobius melacron (J. E. Randall, 2001)
• Fusigobius neophytus (Günther, 1877) (Common Fusegoby)
• Fusigobius pallidus (J. E. Randall, 2001)
• Fusigobius signipinnis Hoese & Obika, 1988 (Signalfin Goby)
• Fusigobius? venadicus Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans 2022^[1] (otolith based fossil species, Burdigalian)

Notes and 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 . 10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9.