Lotilia Explained

Lotilia is a small genus of gobies native to the Indo-Pacific region. The members of this genus are commensal with shrimps of the genus Alpheus.

Species

There are two recognized species in this genus:

• Lotilia graciliosa Klausewitz, 1960 (Whitecap goby)
• Lotilia klausewitzi Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Senou, 2012^[1]

Notes and References

1. Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. (2012): Review of the shrimp-associated goby genus Lotilia (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gobiidae), with description of a new species from the West Pacific. Zootaxa, 3362: 54–64.