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The name comes from the Greek, "rhinos", meaning nose, and the Latin, "gobius", meaning gudgeon; the specific name comes from the Latin "flumen" meaning river. This fish is commonly known as the "lizard goby" or in Japanese as "kawa-yoshinobori". [2]
Acanthogobius flavimanus is a species of fish in the goby family known by the common name yellowfin goby. Other common names include mahaze, Japanese river goby, Oriental goby, and spotted goby. It is native to Asia, where its range includes China, Japan, Korea, parts of Russia, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
Goby is also used to describe some species which are not classified within the order Gobiiformes, such as the engineer goby or convict blenny Pholidichthys leucotaenia. [2] The word goby derives from the Latin gobius meaning " gudgeon ", [ 3 ] and some species of goby, especially the sleeper gobies in the family Eleotridae and some of the ...
The ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii) is a species of goby in the subfamily, Gobionellinae, and the only member of the monotypic genus Leucopsarion. It is native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs in China, Japan, and Korea. [1] Its English language common name is ice goby, and in Japanese it is known as shiro-uo. [2]
The yellow clown goby, Gobiodon okinawae, also known as the Okinawa goby or yellow coral goby, is a member of the goby family native to the western Pacific from southern Japan to the southern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef. As the name implies, they are bright yellow in color, save for a whitish patch on each cheek.
Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis Fowler, 1934 (Chiangmai stream goby) Rhinogobius cliffordpopei (Nichols, 1925) Rhinogobius davidi (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) Rhinogobius delicatus I. S. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1996; Rhinogobius duospilus (Herre, 1935) Rhinogobius filamentosus (H. W. Wu, 1939) Rhinogobius flavoventris Herre, 1927; Rhinogobius ...
Brachygobius sabanus has a very similar appearance to the other goby species in the Brachygobius genus, which all have relatively small bodies and distinctive black and yellow stripes. [6] Fish in the this genus , including B. sabanus , are more cylindrical towards the anterior end of the body, and more compressed towards the posterior end. [ 7 ]
Odontamblyopus lacepedii, also known as warasubo, is a species of eel goby found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters in China, Korea and Japan. This species excavates elaborate vertical burrows up to 90 centimetres (35 in) long in the sea bed. This species can reach a length of 30.3 centimetres (11.9 in) SL. [1]