Silhouettea

Silhouettea is a genus of gobies native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1] The name of this genus refers to the island of Silhouette in the Seychelles where the type specimens of the type species, Silhouettea insinuans, were collected.^[2]

Silhouettea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Silhouettea J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Type species
Silhouettea insinuans J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Synonyms
Minictenogobiops Goren, 1978

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933) (Red Sea goby)
• Silhouettea capitlineta J. E. Randall, 2008
• Silhouettea chaimi Goren, 1978
• Silhouettea dotui (Takagi, 1957)
• Silhouettea evanida Larson & P. J. Miller, 1986
• Silhouettea hoesei Larson & P. J. Miller, 1986
• Silhouettea indica Visweswara Rao, 1971
• Silhouettea insinuans J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Phantom goby)
• Silhouettea nuchipunctatus (Herre, 1934)
• Silhouettea sibayi Farquharson, 1970 (Barebreast goby)