Gnatholepis Explained

Gnatholepis is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is the only marine genus in the subfamily Gobionellinae, which otherwise includes mostly estuary-dwelling and freshwater fish. Gnatholepis are tropical fish associated with sandy habitat around corals.^[1]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus.^[1]

Species include:

• Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851) (eye-bar goby)

• Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle, 2005
• Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle, 2012
• Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853) (eyebar goby)
• Gnatholepis gymnocara J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001
• Gnatholepis knighti D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903
• Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1854)
• Gnatholepis pascuensis J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2001 (Rapanui goby)
• Gnatholepis thompsoni D. S. Jordan, 1904 (goldspot goby)
• Gnatholepis yoshinoi T. Suzuki & J. E. Randall, 2009 (Yoshino's goby)

Further reading

• Randall, John E. and Greenfield, David W. 2001. A preliminary review of the Indo-Pacific Gobiid fishes of the genus Gnatholepis. Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 69. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Notes and References

1. Larson, H. K. and D. J. Buckle. (2012). A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529: 1–69.