Clariger is a genus of gobies native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean from coastal waters and tide pools around Japan and Taiwan.
Clariger | |
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C. taiwanensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
Genus: | Clariger D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 |
Type species | |
Clariger cosmurus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
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Species
editThere are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Clariger chionomaculatus Shiogaki, 1988
- Clariger cosmurus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
- Clariger exilis Snyder, 1911
- Clariger papillosus Ebina, 1935
- Clariger taiwanensis Jang-Liaw, Y. H. Gong & I. S. Chen, 2012[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Clariger in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ a b Jang-Liaw, N.-H., Gong, Y.-H. & Chen, I-S. (2012): A new marine gobiid species of the genus Clariger Jordan & Snyder (Gobiidae, Teleostei) from Taiwan. ZooKeys, 199: 13–21, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.2645