Scartelaos

Scartelaos is a genus of gobies native to the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Scartelaos
Scartelaos histophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Oxudercinae
Genus:	Scartelaos Swainson, 1839
Type species
Gobius viridis as a synonym for Scartelaos histophorus F. Hamilton, 1822
Synonyms
Boleops T. N. Gill, 1863

Species

There are currently four recognised species in this genus:^[1]

• Scartelaos cantoris (F. Day, 1871)
• Scartelaos gigas Y. T. Chu & H. W. Wu, 1963
• Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Walking goby)
• Scartelaos tenuis (F. Day, 1876) (Indian Ocean slender mudskipper)