Chriolepis

Chriolepis is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Chriolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae C. H. Gilbert, 1892
Genus:	Chriolepis
Type species
Chriolepis minutillus C. H. Gilbert, 1892
Synonyms
Eleotriculus Ginsburg, 1938 Pycnomma Rutter, 1904

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Chriolepis atrimelum W. A. Bussing, 1997
• Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg, 1953 (Deepwater goby)
• Chriolepis bilix Hastings & Findley, 2013 (Double-filament goby) ^[2]
• Chriolepis cuneata W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Rail goby)
• Chriolepis dialepta W. A. Bussing, 1990
• Chriolepis fisheri Herre, 1942 (Translucent goby)
• Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975
• Chriolepis minutillus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Rubble goby)
• Chriolepis prolata Hastings & Findley, 2015 (Platform goby) ^[3]
• Chriolepis roosevelti (Ginsburg, 1939) (Roosevelt's goby)
• Chriolepis tagus Ginsburg, 1953 (Mystery goby)
• Chriolepis semisquamata (Rutter, 1904) (Secret goby)
• Chriolepis vespa Hastings & Bortone, 1981 (Wasp goby)
• Chriolepis zebra Ginsburg, 1938 (Gecko goby)

Two species, C. bilix and C. prolata, are classified in the genus Pinnichthys by some authorities, as is C. atrimelum^[4][5] but this has not been reflected in FishBase.^[1]