Bathygobius

Bathygobius
	Cheekscaled frill-goby (B. cotticeps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Bathygobius; Bleeker, 1878
Type species
	Gobius nebulopunctatus; Valenciennes, 1837
Synonyms
	Chlamydes O. P. Jenkins, 1903; Koumansiasis Visweswara Rao, 1967; Mapo Smitt, 1900; Pyosicus J. L. B. Smith, 1960;

Bathygobius is a circumtropical genus of fish in the family Gobiidae.^[1]

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Bathygobius aeolosoma (J. D. Ogilby, 1889)
Bathygobius andrei (Sauvage, 1880)
Bathygobius antilliensis Tornabene, C. C. Baldwin & Pezold, 2010 (Antilles frillfin)
Bathygobius brasiliensis Carvalho-Filho & de Araújo, 2017
Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy, 1875)
Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune, 1880)
Bathygobius coalitus (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Whitespotted frillgoby)
Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854) (Cocos frill-goby)
Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner, 1879) (Cheekscaled frill-goby)
Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar, 1919) (Notchtongue goby)
Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Spotted frillgoby)
Bathygobius fishelsoni Goren, 1978
Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830) (Dusky frillgoby)
Bathygobius geminatus Tornabene, C. C. Baldwin & Pezold, 2010 (Twin-spotted frillfin)
Bathygobius hongkongensis C. Lam, 1986
Bathygobius kreftii (Steindachner, 1866) (Krefft's frillgoby)
Bathygobius lacertus (Poey, 1860)
Bathygobius laddi (Fowler, 1931) (Brownboy goby)
Bathygobius lineatus (Jenyns, 1841) (Southern frillfin)
Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji, 1936) (Meggitt's goby)
Bathygobius mero G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Nisha K. Ichida, 2024^[3]
Bathygobius mystacium Ginsburg, 1947 (Island frillfin)
Bathygobius niger (J. L. B. Smith, 1960) (Black minigoby)
Bathygobius panayensis (D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907)
Bathygobius petrophilus (Bleeker, 1853)
Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg, 1947 (Panamic frillfin)
Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837) (Frillfin goby)

References

↑ Miller, PJ; Stefanni S. (2001). "The eastern Pacific species of Bathygobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 49 (Supplement 1): 141–156. PMID 15260163. Abstract
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bathygobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
↑ Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Ichida, N.K. (2024). "A new sponge-dwelling goby (Gobiidae: Bathygobius) from Indonesia, Philippines, and Australia". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 41: 47–53. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14003729.

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[Miller-1] Miller, PJ; Stefanni S. (2001). "The eastern Pacific species of Bathygobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 49 (Supplement 1): 141–156. PMID 15260163. Abstract

[2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bathygobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

[3] Allen, G.R.; Erdmann, M.V.; Ichida, N.K. (2024). "A new sponge-dwelling goby (Gobiidae: Bathygobius) from Indonesia, Philippines, and Australia". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 41: 47–53. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14003729.

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