Redigobius is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae, known commonly as dualspot gobies.[1] They are native to the western Indo-Pacific region, where they occur in estuaries and freshwater habitats just above the tidal influence.[2]
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| Redigobius bikolanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Redigobius Herre, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius sternbergi H. M. Smith, 1902
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Some of these gobies are abundant fish species. The most widespread is the speckled goby (R. bikolanus),[2] which occurs throughout the western Pacific Ocean and from Australia to Africa.[3] Some Redigobius are kept as aquarium pets.[2] The Fijian endemic Lever's goby (R. leveri) is featured on the ten-dollar bill in the 2013 series of Fijian currency.[4]
Species edit
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus.[5] In a 2010 revision the genus was reduced to 12 species and two more were described as new.[2]
Species include:
- Redigobius amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1878)
- Redigobius balteatops (J. L. B. Smith, 1959) (bull goby)
- Redigobius balteatus (Herre, 1935) (rhinohorn goby)
- Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927) (speckled goby)
- Redigobius chrysosoma (Bleeker, 1875) (spotfin goby)
- Redigobius dewaali (M. C. W. Weber, 1897) (checked goby)
- Redigobius dispar (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
- Redigobius lekutu Larson, 2010
- Redigobius leveri (Fowler, 1943) (Lever's goby)
- Redigobius macrostoma (Günther, 1861) (large-mouth goby)
- Redigobius nanus Larson, 2010
- Redigobius oyensi (de Beaufort, 1913)
- Redigobius penango (Popta, 1922)
- Redigobius tambujon (Bleeker, 1854) (Roemer's goby)
References edit
- ^ Redigobius. Atlas of Living Australia.
- ^ a b c d Larson, H. K. (2010). A review of the gobiid fish genus Redigobius (Teleostei: Gobionellinae), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 21(2), 123-91.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly (Eds.) Redigobius bikolanus. FishBase. 2011.
- ^ Jenkins, A. P. Fiji freshwater fish graces new 10-dollar bill: Bringing freshwater fish into the popular consciousness. Saving Freshwater Fishes and Habitats: Newsletter of the IUCN SSC/WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group. Issue 2. June, 2013. pg. 10.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Redigobius in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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