Gobiodon is a genus of gobies also known as coral gobies or "clown gobies" (which can also mean the related genus Microgobius). Unlike the rest of the family Gobiidae, coral gobies, are not burrowers, instead they inhabit the branches of Acropora or similar hard corals.
As a group, they are small, most ranging about 6 cm, with exceptions. They have a shape.
Gobiodon burdigalicus from the Burdigalian (Miocene) of southwestern India is the first fossil (otoliths) record of this genus.
Species
Accepted species in this genus include:
- Gobiodon acicularis <small>Harold & R. Winterbottom, 1995</small> (Needlespine coral goby)
- Gobiodon albofasciatus <small>Sawada & R. Arai, 1972</small> (Whitelined coral goby)
- Gobiodon aoyagii <small>Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Aizawa, 2013</small>
- Gobiodon ater <small>Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013</small> (Black coralgoby)
- Gobiodon atrangulatus <small>Garman, 1903</small>
- Gobiodon axillaris <small>De Vis, 1884</small>
- Gobiodon bicalvolineatus <small>Hildebrandt, C. A., Froehlich, C. Y. M., Brodnicke, O. B., Klanten, O. S., Møller, P. R., & Wong, M. Y. L., 2024</small>
- Gobiodon bilineatus <small>Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013</small> (Two-lined coralgoby)
- Gobiodon brochus <small>Harold & R. Winterbottom, 1999</small>
- Gobiodon ceramensis <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small>
- Gobiodon citrinus <small>(Rüppell, 1838)</small> (Poison goby)
- Gobiodon cobenjaminsis <small>(Hildebrandt, C. A., Froehlich, C. Y. M., Brodnicke, O. B., Klanten, O. S., Møller, P. R., & Wong, M. Y. L, 2024)</small>
- Gobiodon fulvus <small>Herre, 1927</small>
- Gobiodon fuscoruber <small>Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013</small> (Brown-red coralgoby)
- Gobiodon heterospilos <small>Bleeker, 1856</small>
- Gobiodon histrio <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small> (Broad-barred goby)
- Gobiodon irregularis <small>Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013</small> (Rufous coralgoby)
- Gobiodon micropus <small>Günther, 1861</small>
- Gobiodon multilineatus <small>H. L. Wu, 1979</small>
- Gobiodon oculolineatus <small>H. L. Wu, 1979</small>
- Gobiodon okinawae <small>Sawada, R. Arai & T. Abe, 1972</small> (Okinawa goby)
- Gobiodon prolixus <small>R. Winterbottom & Harold, 2005</small>
- Gobiodon quinquestrigatus <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small> (Five-lined coral goby)
- Gobiodon reticulatus <small>Playfair (), 1867</small> (Reticulate goby)
- Gobiodon rivulatus <small>(Rüppell, 1830)</small> (Rippled coral goby)
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