Callogobius is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae found in brackish and marine waters of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
These small gobies are distinguished by ridges of papillae on their heads.
Species
The circumscription of the genus is unclear, but there are 41 species in the genus as it is currently known. Species include:
- Callogobius albipunctatus <small>Akihito & Ikeda, 2021</small>
- Callogobius amikami <small>Goren, Miroz & Baranes, 1991</small>
- Callogobius andamanensis <small>Menon & Chatterjee, 1974</small> (Andaman flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius aquilus <small>Li & Chen, 2024</small>
- Callogobius bauchotae <small>Goren, 1979</small> (Bauchot's flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius bifasciatus <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1958)</small> (Double-bar flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius bothriorrhynchus <small>(Herzenstein, 1896)</small>
- Callogobius centrolepis <small>M. C. W. Weber, 1909</small> (Centre-scale flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius clarki <small>(Goren, 1978)</small>
- Callogobius clitellus <small>McKinney & Lachner, 1978</small> (Saddled flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius crassus <small>McKinney & Lachner, 1984</small> (Stout flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius depressus <small>(E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886)</small> (Flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius dori <small>Goren, 1980</small>
- Callogobius dorsomaculatus <small>Akihito & Ikeda, 2021</small>
- Callogobius falx <small>Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura, 2021</small>
- Callogobius flavobrunneus <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1958)</small> (Slimy flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius hasseltii <small>(Bleeker, 1851)</small> (Hasselt's flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius hastatus <small>McKinney & Lachner, 1978</small> (Spear-fin flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius irrasus <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1959)</small>
- Callogobius kuderi <small>(Herre, 1943)</small>
- Callogobius maculipinnis <small>(Fowler, 1918)</small> (Ostrich flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius mannarensis <small>K. Rangarajan, 1970</small>
- Callogobius mucosus <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> (Sculptured flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius nigromarginatus <small>J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 2000</small>
- Callogobius okinawae <small>(Snyder, 1908)</small> (Okinawa flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius pilosimentum <small>Delventhal, Mooi, Bogorodsky & A. O. Mal, 2016</small> (Hairy-chinned flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius plumatus <small>(J. L. B. Smith, 1959)</small> (Feather flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius productus <small>(Herre, 1927)</small> (Elongate flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius sclateri <small>(Steindachner, 1879)</small> (Pacific flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius sheni <small>I. S. Chen, J. P. Chen & L. S. Fang, 2006</small>
- Callogobius shunkan <small>Takagi, 1957</small>
- Callogobius snelliusi <small>Koumans, 1953</small>
- Callogobius snyderi <small>(Fowler, 1946)</small>
- Callogobius stellatus <small>McKinney & Lachner, 1978</small> (Stellar flap-headed goby)
- Callogobius swifti <small>Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann & William M. Brooks, 2020</small>
- Callogobius tanegasimae <small>(Snyder, 1908)</small>
- Callogobius trifasciatus <small>Menon & Chatterjee, 1976</small>
- Callogobius tutuilae <small>(D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906)</small>
- Callogobius vanclevei <small>(Herre, 1950)</small>
- Callogobius williamsi <small>Delventhal & Mooi, 2023</small>
- Callogobius winterbottomi <small>Delventhal and Mooi, 2013</small> (Winterbottom's flap-headed goby)
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