Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei
Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Ctenogobiops
Species: C. aurocingulus – C. feroculus – C. formosa – C. maculosus – C. mitodes – C. phaeostictus – C. pomastictus – C. tangaroai – C. tongaensis
Name
Ctenogobiops Smith, 1959: 191
Type species: Ctenogobiops crocineus ♂ Smith 1959. Type by original designation; also monotypic as second species was tentatively referred to genus.
References
2011: Zootaxa, 3054: 60–68. Preview
Smith, J.L.B. 1959: Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 13: 185–225, Pls. 9-13.
Randall, J.E. , K.-T. Shao & J.-P. Chen 2003: A review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Ctenogobiops, with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Studies, 42(4): 506–515.
Vernacular names
English: Prawn-gobies
Ctenogobiops is a genus of marine gobies native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
They commonly live on sandy sea beds and are often found sharing burrows with small shrimp.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre, 1935) (Gold-streaked prawn-goby)
Ctenogobiops crocineus J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Sandy prawn-goby)
Ctenogobiops formosa J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2003
Ctenogobiops maculosus (Fourmanoir, 1955) (Seychelles shrimpgoby)
Ctenogobiops mitodes J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2007
Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Gold-specked prawn-goby)
Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock & Polunin, 1977 (Tangaroa shrimpgoby)
Ctenogobiops tongaensis J. E. Randall, K. T. Shao & J. P. Chen, 2003
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Ctenogobiops in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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