Gobioidei -- Genera and species
of the Americas
This page is under construction. Updated 3/29/2007
Ocean and common names are being corrected
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This page contains a list of all species found in the Americas.
Links to genera provides information, distributions, and pictures for the
genus.
Links to species provides detailed discription, distribution, photo, and other
information
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to a photo
| Aboma | ||||
etheostoma  |
Pacific | Spot-lined goby |
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| Acanthogobius | ||||
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flavimanus | Non-Native, Pacific | Yellowfin goby | |
| Akko | ||||
dionaea  |
Atlantic | = | ||
brevis  |
Pacific | Tiny-eyed goby | ||
rossi  |
Pacific |
= | ||
| Aruma | ||||
histrio  |
Pacific | Slow goby | ||
| Awaous | ||||
banana  |
Atlantic-Pacific | River goby | ||
flavus  |
Atlantic | |||
| tajasica | Atlantic | |||
| Barbulifer | ||||
antennatus  |
Atlantic | Barbulifer | ||
ceuthoecus  |
Atlantic | Atlantic bearded goby | ||
mexicanus  |
Pacific | Mexican bearded-goby | ||
pantherinus  |
Pacific |
Panther bearded-goby |
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| Bathygobius | ||||
andrei  |
Pacific | Estuarine frillfin | ||
curacao  |
Atlantic | Notchtongue goby | ||
lineatus  |
Pacific | Southern frillfin | ||
mystacium  |
Atlantic | Island frillfin | ||
ramosus  |
Pacific | Panamic frillfin | ||
soporator  |
Atlantic |
Frillfin goby |
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| Bollmannia | ||||
boqueronensis  |
Atlantic | White-eye goby | ||
| chlamydes | Pacific | Orangespotted goby | ||
| communis | Atlantic | Ragged goby | ||
| eigenmanni | Atlantic | |||
| gomezi | Pacific | |||
| jeannae | Atlantic | |||
litura  |
Atlantic | |||
| longipinnis MS | Pacific | |||
| macropoma | Pacific | Large-eye goby | ||
| marginalis | Pacific | Margin-spot goby | ||
| ocellata | Pacific | Ocellated goby | ||
| pawneea | Pacific | Tail-spot goby | ||
| stigmatura | Pacific | Dark-lipped goby | ||
| umbrosa | Pacific | |||
| sp nov1 | Pacific |
Slender goby |
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| Cerdale | ||||
| floridana | Atlantic | ------------ | ||
| Chriolepis | ||||
| atrimelum | Pacific | |||
| benthonis | Atlantic | ------------ | ||
| cuneata | Pacific | Wedge goby | ||
| dialepta | Pacific | White-starred goby | ||
| fisheri | Atlantic | Translucent goby | ||
| lepidota | Pacific | Pretty goby | ||
| minutillus | Pacific | Rubble goby | ||
| tagus | Pacific | Mystery goby | ||
vespa  |
Atlantic | Wasp goby | ||
zebra  |
Pacific | Gecko goby | ||
| sp nov h | Pacific | Orange-headed goby | ||
| sp nov s | Pacific |
Wavy-barred goby |
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| Clevelandia | ||||
| ios | Pacific | Arrow goby | ||
| Coryphopterus | ||||
| alloides | Atlantic | Barfin goby | ||
dicrus  |
Atlantic | Colon goby | ||
eidolon  |
Atlantic | Pallid goby | ||
glaucofraenum  |
Atlantic | Bridled goby | ||
hyalinus  |
Atlantic | Glass goby | ||
lipernes  |
Atlantic | Peppermint goby | ||
personatus  |
Atlantic | Masked goby | ||
puntipectophorus  |
Atlantic | Spotted goby | ||
thrix  |
Atlantic | Threadfin goby | ||
urospilus  |
Pacific | Redlight goby | ||
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venezuelae | Atlantic |
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| Ctenogobius | ||||
boleosoma  |
Atlantic | Darter goby | ||
| claytonii | Atlantic | Mexican goby | ||
| fasciatus | Atlantic | Burnside goby | ||
manglicola  |
Pacific | Mangrove goby | ||
| phenacus | Atlantic | Impostor goby | ||
pseudofasciatus  |
Atlantic | Slashcheek goby | ||
saepepallens  |
Atlantic | Dash goby | ||
sagittula  |
Pacific | Longtail goby | ||
shufeldti  |
Atlantic | Freshwater goby | ||
smaragdus  |
Atlantic | Emerald goby | ||
stigmaticus  |
Atlantic | Marked goby | ||
stigmaturus  |
Atlantic | Spottail goby | ||
| sp A | Atlantic | Droll goby | ||
| thoropsis | Atlantic | Sperm goby | ||
| Dormitator | ||||
| cubanus | Atlantic |
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latifrons  |
Pacific | |||
| lophocephalus | Surinam | Pacific Fat Sleeper | ||
| maculatus | Atlantic | Fat Sleeper | ||
| Elacatinus | ||||
| atronasum | Atlantic | --------------- | ||
chancei  |
Atlantic | Shortstripe goby | ||
evelynae  |
Atlantic | Sharknose goby | ||
figaro  |
Atlantic | ----------- | ||
genie  |
Atlantic | Cleaning goby | ||
horsti  |
Atlantic | Yellowline goby | ||
illecebrosus  |
Atlantic | ------------ | ||
lori  |
Atlantic | Linesnout goby | ||
| louisae | Atlantic | Spotlight goby | ||
oceanops  |
Atlantic | Neon goby | ||
pridisi  |
Atlantic | ----- | ||
prochilos  |
Atlantic | Broadstripe goby | ||
randalli  |
Atlantic | Yellownose goby | ||
| tenox | Atlantic | Slaty goby | ||
xanthiprora  |
Atlantic | Yellowprow goby | ||
| sp nov 2 | Atlantic | ------------- | ||
| (Tigrigobius) | ||||
digueti  |
Pacific | Banded cleaner goby | ||
dilepis  |
Atlantic | Orangesided goby | ||
gemmatum  |
Atlantic | Frecklefin goby | ||
inornatus  |
Pacific | Inornate goby | ||
| janssi | Pacific | Spot-back goby | ||
limbaughi  |
Pacific | Wide-banded cleaner-goby | ||
macrodon  |
Atlantic | Tiger goby | ||
multifasciatus  |
Atlantic | Greenbanded goby | ||
| nesiotes | Pacific | Broken-back cleaner-goby | ||
pallens  |
Atlantic | Semiscaled goby | ||
puncticulatum  |
Pacific | Red-head goby | ||
saucrus  |
Atlantic | Leopard goby | ||
| zebrella | Atlantic | Blackringed goby | ||
| Eleotrica | ||||
| cableae | Pacific | Marbled goby | ||
| Eleotris | ||||
| amblyopsis | Atlantic | Spotted sleeper | ||
| perniger | Atlantic | Spinycheek Sleeper | ||
| picta | Pacific | |||
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pisonis  |
Atlantic |
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| tecta | Pacific | |||
| tubularis | Pacific - Cocos Is. | |||
| Enypnias | ||||
aceras  |
Pacific | ------- | ||
seminudus  |
Pacific | Tidal goby | ||
| Erotelis | ||||
armiger  |
Pacific | Armiger's goby | ||
| smaragdus | Atlantic | Emerald Sleeper | ||
| Eucyclogobius | ||||
| newberryi | Pacific | Tidewater goby | ||
| Evermannia | ||||
|
erici | Pacific |
Eric's goby |
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| longipinnis | Pacific |
Big-headed goby |
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panamensis  |
Pacific |
Panama goby | ||
| zosterura | Pacific | Banded goby | ||
bicolor  |
Atlantic | ----------- | ||
| convictor | Atlantic | Tenant goby | ||
metzelaari  |
Atlantic | Roughtail goby | ||
| silus | Atlantic | Pugnose goby | ||
spongicola  |
Atlantic | Sponge goby | ||
| Evorthodus | ||||
lyricus  |
Atlantic | Lyre goby | ||
minutus  |
Pacific | Red-fin goby | ||
| Gillichthys | ||||
| mirabilis | Pacific | Longjaw mudsucker | ||
| seta | Pacific | Short-jaw mud-sucker |
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| Ginsburgellus | ||||
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novemlineatus  |
Atlantic | Nineline goby | |
| Gnatholepis | ||||
thompsoni  |
Atlantic | Goldspot goby | ||
| Gobioides | ||||
| broussoneti | Atlantic | Violet goby | ||
| grahamae | Atlantic | |||
| peruanus | Atlantic | |||
| sagitta | Pacific | Peruvian eel-goby | ||
| Gobiomorus | ||||
| dormitor | Atlantic | Bigmouth Sleeper | ||
| lateralis | Pacific | Bigscale sleeper | ||
| maculatus | Pacific | |||
| polylepis | Pacific | |||
| Gobionellus | ||||
| daguae | Pacific |
Choco goby |
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liolepis  |
Pacific | Playa goby | ||
microdon  |
Pacific | Estuary goby; Bigmouth puito | ||
oceanicus  |
Atlantic | Highfin goby | ||
stomatus  |
Atlantic | ----- | ||
| Gobiosoma | ||||
bosc  |
Atlantic | Naked goby | ||
chiquita  |
Pacific | Sonora goby | ||
ginsburgi  |
Atlantic | Seaboard goby | ||
grosvenori  |
Atlantic | Rockcut goby | ||
hemigymnum  |
Atlantic | |||
hildebrandi  |
Atlantic-Pacific |
Hildebrand's goby |
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| homochroma |
Pacific | Plain goby |
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| longipala | Atlantic | Twoscale goby | ||
nudum  |
Pacific-Atlantic | Knob-chin goby | ||
paradoxum  |
Pacific | Paradox goby | ||
| parri | Atlantic | |||
robustum  |
Atlantic | Code goby | ||
| schultzi | Atlantic | Schultz's goby | ||
| spes | Atlantic | Vermiculated goby | ||
spilotum  |
Atlantic | Isthmian goby | ||
| yucatanum | Atlantic | Yucatan goby | ||
| sp. nov. 1 | Pacific | Short gill-spined goby | ||
| sp. nov. 2 | Pacific | Tail-scaled goby | ||
| sp. nov. 3 | Pacific | Few-rayed goby | ||
| Gobulus | ||||
birdsongi  |
Pacific | Fin-joined goby | ||
cresentalis  |
Pacific | Crescent goby | ||
hancocki  |
Pacific | Sand-top goby | ||
myersi  |
Atlantic | Paleback goby | ||
| Guavina | ||||
guavina  |
Atlantic | Guavina | ||
microps  |
Pacific | |||
| Gymneleotris | ||||
seminudus  |
Pacific | Split-banded goby | ||
| Hemieleotris | ||||
| latifasciata | Pacific | |||
| Ilypnus | ||||
| gilberti | Pacific | Cheekspot goby | ||
| luculentus | Pacific | |||
| Lethops | ||||
| connectens | Pacific | Halfblind goby | ||
| Lepidogobius | ||||
| lepidus | Pacific | Bay goby | ||
| Leptophilypnus | ||||
| fluviatilis | Atlantic | |||
| guatemalensis | Atlantic | |||
| mindii | Atlantic | |||
| Lophogobius | ||||
cristulatus  |
Pacific | Pacific crested-goby | ||
cyprinoides  |
Atlantic-Pacific |
Crested goby | ||
| Lythrypnus | ||||
| alphigena | Pacific |
Cheek-spotted goby |
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brasiliensis  |
Atlantic | ---------- | ||
| cobalus | Pacific | Knave goby | ||
| crocodilus | Atlantic | Mahogany goby | ||
| dalli | Pacific | Bluebanded goby | ||
elasson  |
Atlantic | Dwarf goby | ||
| gilberti | Pacific | Galapagos blue-banded goby | ||
heterochroma  |
Atlantic | Diphasic goby | ||
| insularis | Pacific | Island goby | ||
| lavenbergi | Pacific | ------------ | ||
| minimus | Atlantic | Pygmy goby | ||
| mowbrayi | Atlantic | ------------- | ||
| nesiotes | Atlantic | Island goby | ||
| okapia | Atlantic | Okapi goby | ||
phorellus  |
Atlantic | Convict goby | ||
pulchellus  |
Pacific | Gorgeous goby | ||
rhizophora  |
Pacific | Spot-cheek goby | ||
| solanensis | Pacific | Sola's Goby | ||
spilus  |
Atlantic | Bluegold goby; Spotwing goby | ||
| zebra | Pacific | Zebra goby | ||
| Microdesmus | ||||
| affinis | Pacific | |||
| bahianus | Atlantic | |||
| carri | Atlantic | |||
| dipus | Pacific | |||
| dorsipunctatus | Pacific | |||
| hildebrandi | Pacific | |||
| intermedius | Pacific | |||
| knappi | Pacific | |||
| lanceolatus | Atlantic | |||
| longipinnis | Atlantic | |||
| luscus | Atlantic | |||
| multiradiatus | Pacific | |||
| retropinnis | Pacific | |||
| suttkusi | Pacific | |||
| Microgobius | ||||
brevispinis  |
Pacific | Short-spine goby | ||
carri  |
Atlantic | Seminole goby | ||
crocatus  |
Pacific | Yellow-spotted goby | ||
curtus  |
Pacific | Low-crested goby | ||
| cyclolepis | Pacific | Round-scale goby | ||
emblematicus  |
Pacific | Emblem goby | ||
| erectus | Pacific | Erect goby | ||
gulosus  |
Atlantic | Clown goby | ||
meeki  | ||||