Grallenia

Grallenia is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae native to the western Pacific Ocean.[2]

Grallenia
Grallenia lipi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Grallenia
Shibukawa & Iwata, 2007
Type species
Grallenia arenicola
Shibukawa & Iwata, 2007[1]

Species

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
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Grallenia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Grallenia in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  3. 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. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.
  4. 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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