Evorthodus

Evorthodus is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic coast from Chesapeake Bay, United States, to northern South America and along the Pacific coast of Panama and Ecuador.

Evorthodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Evorthodus
T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
Evorthodus breviceps
T. N. Gill, 1859
Synonyms
  • Mugilostoma Hildebrand, & Schroeder, 1928

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Evorthodus lyricus (Girard, 1858) (Lyre goby)
  • Evorthodus minutus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Small goby)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Evorthodus in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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