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Glossogobius
	Glossogobius giuris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Glossogobius; T. N. Gill, 1859
Type species
	Gobius platycephalus as a synonym of Glossogobius giuris; J. Richardson, 1846
Synonyms
	Aloricatogobius Munro, 1964; Cephalogobius Bleeker, 1874; Illana H.M. Smith & Seale, 1906; Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938

Glossogobius is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters from Africa to the coasts of the western Pacific Ocean. They are found in Madagascar, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malawi, Eswatini, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Solomon Islands, Palau, Fiji, New Caledonia, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo, Nepal, Brunei Darussalam, Micronesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Réunion, the Seychelles, Mauritius, the Caroline Islands, Vanuatu, Malaysia and Russia. The genus also includes a troglobitic species, G. ankaranensis.

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:

Glossogobius ankaranensis Banister, 1994
Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro, 1975 (Golden tank goby)
Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2009
Glossogobius bicirrhosus M. C. W. Weber, 1894
Glossogobius brunnoides Nichols, 1951 (Dusky mountain goby)
Glossogobius bulmeri Whitley, 1959 (Bulmer's goby)
Glossogobius callidus J. L. B. Smith, 1937
Glossogobius celebius Valenciennes, 1837 (Celebes goby)
Glossogobius circumspectus W. J. Macleay, 1883 (Circumspect goby)
Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012
Glossogobius coatesi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1990 (Coates' goby)
Glossogobius concavifrons E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886 (Concave goby)
Glossogobius flavipinnis Aurich, 1938 (Towuti yellowfin goby)
Glossogobius giuris F. Hamilton, 1822 (Tank goby)
Glossogobius hoesei G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 (Hoese's goby)
Glossogobius illimis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012 (False Celebius goby)
Glossogobius intermedius Aurich, 1938
Glossogobius kokius Valenciennes, 1837
Glossogobius koragensis Herre, 1935 (Koragu tank goby)
Glossogobius macrocephalus Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2015 ^[1]
Glossogobius mahalonensis Hoese, Hadiaty & Herder, 2015 (Mahalona bluefin goby) ^[2]
Glossogobius matanensis M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Glossogobius minutus C. Geevarghese & P. A. John, 1983
Glossogobius multipapillus Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2015 ^[1]
Glossogobius munroi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2012
Glossogobius muscorum Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2009
Glossogobius obscuripinnis W. K. H. Peters, 1868
Glossogobius olivaceus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
Glossogobius robertsi Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2009
Glossogobius sentaniensis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 2015 ^[1]
Glossogobius sparsipapillus Akihito & Meguro, 1976 (Linecheek tank goby)
Glossogobius torrentis Hoese & G. R. Allen, 1990 (White water goby)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hoese D.F.; Allen G.R. (2015). "Descriptions of three new species of Glossogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from New Guinea". Zootaxa. 3986 (2): 201–216. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.4. PMID 26250181.
^ Hoese, D.F.; Hadiaty, R.K. & Herder, F. (2015). "Review of the dwarf Glossogobius lacking head pores from the Malili lakes, Sulawesi, with a discussion of the definition of the genus" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 63: 14–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-02-19.