Scartelaos
| Scartelaos | |
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| Scartelaos histophorus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius viridis as a synonym for Scartelaos histophorus F. Hamilton, 1822
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Scartelaos is a genus of gobies native to the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognised species in this genus:[1]
- Scartelaos cantoris (F. Day, 1871)
- Scartelaos gigas Y. T. Chu & H. W. Wu, 1963
- Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Walking goby)
- Scartelaos tenuis (F. Day, 1876) (Indian Ocean slender mudskipper)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scartelaos". FishBase. June 2013 version.