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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Oxyurichthys

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Oxyurichthys auchenolepis Scaly-nape tentacle goby Western Central Pacific 13 TL 1876
Oxyurichthys chinensis Northwest Pacific 4.4 SL 2015
Oxyurichthys cornutus Horned tentacle goby Western Pacific 1918
Oxyurichthys guibei Western Indian Ocean 13 TL 1959
Oxyurichthys heisei Ribbon goby Eastern Central Pacific 6.4 SL 1998
Oxyurichthys keiensis Kei goby Western Indian Ocean 7 TL 1938
Oxyurichthys lemayi Lace goby Western Indian Ocean 16 TL 1947
Oxyurichthys limophilus Western Indian Ocean 9.5 SL 2015
Oxyurichthys lonchotus Speartail mudgoby Pacific 4.7 SL 1903
Oxyurichthys microlepis Maned goby Indo-West Pacific 15.2 TL 1849
Oxyurichthys mindanensis Western Pacific 7 SL 1927
Oxyurichthys notonema Threadfin mudgoby Indo-West Pacific. 7.5 SL 1909
Oxyurichthys omanensis Oman’s eyebrow goby Western Indian Ocean 6.3 SL 2022
Oxyurichthys ophthalmonema Eyebrow goby Indo-West Pacific and Wes 18 TL 1856
Oxyurichthys papuensis Frogface goby Indo-West Pacific 22 TL 1837
Oxyurichthys paulae Jester goby Western Indian Ocean 6.9 SL 1998
Oxyurichthys petersii Peter's goby Western Indian Ocean 1871
Oxyurichthys rapa Eastern Pacific 6.6 SL 2015
Oxyurichthys stigmalophius Spotfin goby Western Central Atlantic 16.5 TL 1958
Oxyurichthys takagi Western Pacific 4.9 SL 1998
Oxyurichthys tentacularis Indo-West Pacific 17 TL 1837
Oxyurichthys uronema Longtail tentacle goby Western Central Pacific 1909
Oxyurichthys viridis Western Central Pacific 8.7 SL 1927
Oxyurichthys visayanus Western Pacific 1927
Oxyurichthys zeta Pacific Ocean 4.9 SL 2015



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013