Oxyeleotris Explained

Oxyeleotris is a genus of sleeper gobies mostly restricted to Australia and New Guinea, though some (O. marmorata, O. siamensis, O. urophthalmoides and O. urophthalmus) are found in Southeast Asia.

They are found in a wide range of fresh and brackish water habitats, and the two species O. caeca and O. colasi are cave-dwellers.

Species

There 17 recognized species in this genus are:

• Oxyeleotris altipinna G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1996
• Oxyeleotris aruensis (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (Aru gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris caeca G. R. Allen, 1996
• Oxyeleotris colasi Pouyaud, Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Slembrouck, Lemauk, Kusumah & Keith, 2013^[1]
• Oxyeleotris fimbriata (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (fimbriate gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris herwerdenii (M. C. W. Weber, 1910) (blackbanded gauvina)
• Oxyeleotris heterodon (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (Sentani gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris lineolata (Steindachner, 1867) (sleepy cod)
• Oxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker, 1852) (marble goby)
• Oxyeleotris nullipora T. R. Roberts, 1978 (poreless gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris paucipora T. R. Roberts, 1978 (few-pored gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris selheimi (W. J. Macleay, 1884) (giant gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris siamensis (Günther, 1861)
• Oxyeleotris stagnicola G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Swamp gudgeon)
• Oxyeleotris urophthalmoides (Bleeker, 1853)
• Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851)
• Oxyeleotris wisselensis G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 (Paniai gudgeon)

Notes and References

1. Pouyaud, L., Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Lemauk, N., Kusumah, R.V. & Keith, P. (2013): Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium, 36 (4): 521-529.