Drombus

Drombus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Drombus
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905
Type species
Drombus palackyi
D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905

Drombus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[2][3][4]

Drombus kranjiensis (originally described as Ctenogobius kranjiensis) and Drombus whitleyi are now regarded as junior synonyms of Drombus globiceps and Bathygobius fuscus, respectively. Drombus clarki, Drombus irrasus, Drombus maculipinnis, Drombus plumatus, and Drombus tutuilae have been transferred to the genus Callogobius.[2][4]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Drombus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 Maurice Kottelat (2013). "The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves, and estuaries" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 27: 1663.
  3. Helen K. Larson; Zeehan Jaafar; Kelvin K.P. Lim (2008). "An annotated checklist of the gobioid fishes of Singapore" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 56 (1): 135155.
  4. 1 2 "Catalog of Fishes Online Version". California Academy of Sciences. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.


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