Mugilogobius

Mugilogobius
Mugilogobius abei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Mugilogobius Smitt, 1900
Type species
Ctenogobius abei D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Synonyms
Ellogobius Whitley, 1933 Vaimosa Jordan & Seale, 1906 Waiteopsis Whitley, 1930 Weberogobius Koumans, 1953

Mugilogobius is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae. They are found in fresh, brackish and marine water of the Indo-Pacific region. Several of the freshwater species have highly restricted distributions.^[1]

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Mugilogobius abei (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) ^[3] (Abe's mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius adeia Larson & Kottelat, 1992
• Mugilogobius amadi (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
• Mugilogobius arguellesi Roxas & Ablan, 1940
• Mugilogobius cagayanensis (Aurich, 1938)
• Mugilogobius cavifrons (M. C. W. Weber, 1909)
• Mugilogobius chulae (H. M. Smith, 1932) (Yellow-stripe mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius fasciatus Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius filifer Larson, 2001 (Thread-fin mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius flavomaculatus S. P. Huang, I. S. Chen, M. N. Yung & K. T. Shao, 2016 ^[4]
• Mugilogobius fuscus (Herre, 1940)
• Mugilogobius fusculus (Nichols, 1951) (Obscure mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius hitam Larson, Geiger, Hadiaty & Herder, 2014^[5] (Black towuti goby)
• Mugilogobius latifrons (Boulenger, 1897)
• Mugilogobius lepidotus Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius littoralis Larson, 2001 (Beach-rock mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius mertoni (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (Chequered mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius myxodermus (Herre, 1935)
• Mugilogobius notospilus (Günther, 1877) (Freshwater mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius platynotus (Günther, 1861) (Flat-backed mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius platystoma (Günther, 1872) (Indonesian mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius rambaiae (H. M. Smith, 1945) (Queen of Siam goby)
• Mugilogobius rexi Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius rivulus Larson, 2001 (Drain mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1897) (Sarasin's mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius stigmaticus (De Vis, 1884) (Black-spot mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius tigrinus Larson, 2001
• Mugilogobius villa (Herre, 1927)
• Mugilogobius wilsoni Larson, 2001 (Wilson's mangrove goby)

Synonyms

• Mugilogobius durbanensis (Barnard, 1927); valid as M. mertoni (Durban mangrove goby)
• Mugilogobius karatunensis (Aurich, 1938); valid as M. cavifrons
• Mugilogobius nuicocensis V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo, 2005; valid as M. myxodermus
• Mugilogobius paludis (Whitley, 1930); valid as M. platynotus
• Mugilogobius tagala (Herre, 1927); valid as M. cavifrons
• Mugilogobius zebra (Aurich, 1938); valid as M. chulae

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mugilogobius". FishBase. January 2016 version.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Mugilogobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
3. Huang, S.-P.; Shen, C.-N.; Chen, I-S. (2015). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the Abe's mangrove goby Mugilogobius abei (Teleostei, Gobiidae)". Mitochondrial DNA: The Journal of DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis. 26 (1): 143–144.
4. Huang, S.-P.; Chen, I-S.; Yung, M.M.N.; Shao, K.-T. (2016). "The Recognition and Molecular Phylogeny of Mugilogobius mertoni Complex (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with Description of a New Cryptic Species M. flavomaculatus from Taiwan". Zoological Studies. 55 (39): 1–16.
5. Larson, H.K.; Geiger, M.F.; Hadiaty, R.K.; Herder, F. (2014). "Mugilogobius hitam, a new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from Lake Towuti, central Sulawesi, Indonesia". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 718–725.