Ancistrogobius is a genus of gobies native to the western Pacific Ocean. The first fossil record of this genus is Ancistrogobius indicus (only otoliths known) from the Burdigalian of southwestern India.[1]

Ancistrogobius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Ancistrogobius
Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010
Type species
Ancistrogobius dipus
Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010

Species

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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nora, Carolin; Bajpai, Sunil; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Schwarzhans, Werner (2022). "New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9. S2CID 249184395.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ancistrogobius". FishBase. April 2013 version.