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: Favonigobius
Species: F. aliciae – F. gymnauchen – F. lateralis – F. lentiginosus – F. opalescens
Name
Favonigobius Whitley, 1930: 122
Type species: Gobius lateralis ♂, Macleay 1881. Type by original designation.
Synonyms
Aurigobius (subgenus of Ctenogobius) Whitley, 1959: 317
Primary references
Whitley, G.P. 1930: Additions to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. (3). Australian Zoologist, 6 (pt 2): 117–123, 1 pl.
References
Kovačić, M.; Bogorodsky, S. 2013: Silhouettea chaimi Goren, 1978, a junior synonym of Papillogobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 3613(4): 369–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.4 Reference page.
Gill, H. S. & Miller, P. J.; 1990: A new genus and species of goby from the Swan-Avon estuary, Western Australia, with a redescription of the genus Favonigobius Whitley, 1930. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 14 (4): 503–525. PDF
Gill, H.S. 1993: Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 16(2): 175–210.
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Favonigobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters around the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Commonly called "sand gobies", this term more alternatively refers to the family Kraemeriidae, a relative of the true gobies.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]
Favonigobius aliciae (Herre, 1936)
Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley, 1950 (exquisite sand goby)
Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) (sharp-nosed sand goby)
Favonigobius lateralis (W. J. Macleay, 1881)
Favonigobius lentiginosus (J. Richardson, 1844)
Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) (blackthroat goby)
Favonigobius opalescens (Herre, 1936)
Favonigobius punctatus (H. S. Gill & P. J. Miller, 1990)
Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) (Indopacific tropical sand goby)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Favonigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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