Gobioides

Gobioides is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and in fresh waters of the Pacific coast of the Americas.

Gobioides
A Gobioides broussonnetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Gobioides Lacépède, 1800
Type species
Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800
Synonyms
Cayennia Sauvage, 1880 Ognichodes Swainson, 1839 Paratyntlastes Giltay, 1935 Plecopodus Rafinesque, 1815 Tyntlastes Günther, 1862

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935)
• Gobioides broussonnetii Lacépède, 1800 (Violet goby)
• Gobioides grahamae G. Palmer & Wheeler, 1955
• Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) (Peruvian eelgoby)
• Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862)