Stonogobiops
| Stonogobiops | |
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| Stonogobiops xanthorhinica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Polunin & Lubbock, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| Stonogobiops dracula Polunin & Lubbock, 1977
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Stonogobiops is a genus of gobies native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. This is one of the "shrimp goby" genera, the members of these genera being commensal with various species of shrimps.[1]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Stonogobiops dracula Polunin & Lubbock, 1977 (Dracula shrimp-goby)
- Stonogobiops larsonae (G. R. Allen, 1999) (Larson's shrimpgoby)
- Stonogobiops medon Hoese & J. E. Randall, 1982
- Stonogobiops nematodes Hoese & J. E. Randall, 1982 (Filament-finned prawn-goby)
- Stonogobiops pentafasciata Iwata & Hirata, 1994
- Stonogobiops xanthorhinica Hoese & J. E. Randall, 1982 (Yellownose prawn-goby)
- Stonogobiops yasha Yoshino & Shimada, 2001 (Orange-striped shrimpgoby)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stonogobiops". FishBase. June 2013 version.