Grallenia is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae native to the western Pacific Ocean.[2]
| Grallenia | |
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| Grallenia lipi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Grallenia Shibukawa & Iwata, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Grallenia arenicola Shibukawa & Iwata, 2007[1]
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Species edit
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
- Grallenia arenicola Shibukawa & Iwata, 2007
- Grallenia baliensis G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Bali goby) [3]
- Grallenia compta G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2017 (Ornamented goby) [4]
- Grallenia dimorpha G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2017 (Dimorphic goby) [4]
- Grallenia lauensis G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2017 (Lau goby) [4]
- Grallenia lipi Shibukawa & Iwata, 2007 (Filamented pygmy sand-goby)
- Grallenia rubrilineata G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2017 (Red-stripe goby) [4]
- Grallenia solomonensis G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2017 (Solomons goby) [4]
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Grallenia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Grallenia in FishBase. June 2017 version.
- ^ Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.
- ^ a b c d e Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2017): Description of five new species of marine gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) of the genus Grallenia from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 27: 20–47.
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