Acentrogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Acentrogobius matsya is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:
- Acentrogobius brevirostris <small>(Günther, 1861)</small>
- Acentrogobius caninus <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small> (Tropical sand goby)
- Acentrogobius cenderawasih <small>Allen & Erdmann, 2012</small> (Cenderawasih goby)
- Acentrogobius chusanensis <small>(Herre, 1940)</small>
- Acentrogobius dayi <small>Koumans, 1941</small> (Day's goby)
- Acentrogobius decaryi <small>(Pellegrin, 1932)</small>
- Acentrogobius gracilis <small>(Bleeker, 1875)</small> (Bluespotted mangrovegoby)
- Acentrogobius griseus <small>(Day, 1876)</small> (Grey goby)
- Acentrogobius horai <small>(Fowler, 1925)</small>
- Acentrogobius janthinopterus <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> (Robust mangrove goby)
- Acentrogobius limarius <small>Allen, Erdmann & Hadiaty, 2015</small> (Batanta mud goby)
- Acentrogobius madraspatensis <small>(F. Day, 1868)</small> (Manyband goby)
- Acentrogobius matsya <small>Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022</small> (otolith-based fossil species)
- Acentrogobius moloanus <small>(Herre, 1927)</small> (Barcheek amoya)
- Acentrogobius multifasciatus <small>(Herre, 1927)</small>
- Acentrogobius pellidebilis <small>Lee & Kim, 1992</small>
- Acentrogobius pflaumii <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> (Striped sandgoby)
- Acentrogobius quinquemaculatus Allen, 2017
- Acentrogobius simplex <small>(Sauvage, 1880)</small> (Bagamoyo goby)
- Acentrogobius therezieni <small>Kiener, 1963</small>
- Acentrogobius vanderloosi <small>Allen, 2015</small> (Mudslope goby)
- Acentrogobius veliensis <small>(Geevarghese & John, 1982)</small>
- Acentrogobius violarisi <small>Allen, 2015</small> (Alotau goby)
- Acentrogobius virgatulus <small>(Jordan & Snyder, 1901)</small>
- Acentrogobius viridipunctatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small> (Spotted green goby)
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