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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobionellinae
Genus: Gnatholepis

(See list of species below)



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10 species
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 8.4 cm SL
Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851)

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Gnatholepis anjerensis
[Eye-bar goby]

Photo by Larson, H.K.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle, 2005

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Gnatholepis argus
[]

Photo by Bogorodsky, S.V.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.3 cm SL
Gnatholepis caudimaculata Larson & Buckle, 2012

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Gnatholepis caudimaculata
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)

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Gnatholepis cauerensis
[Eyebar goby]

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
Gnatholepis gymnocara Randall & Greenfield, 2001

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Gnatholepis gymnocara
[Nakedcheek sandgoby]

Photo by Torres-Pulliza, D.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
Gnatholepis knighti Jordan & Evermann, 1903

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Gnatholepis knighti
[]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia (Bleeker, 1854)

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Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia
[]

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Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 4.4 cm SL
Gnatholepis pascuensis Randall & Greenfield, 2001

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Gnatholepis pascuensis
[Rapanui goby]

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Atlantic
Max. Length 8.2 cm TL
Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan, 1904

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Gnatholepis thompsoni
[Goldspot goby]

Photo by Hazes, B.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3.1 cm SL
Gnatholepis yoshinoi Suzuki & Randall, 2009

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Gnatholepis yoshinoi
[Yoshino's goby]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gnatholepis anjerensis Eye-bar goby Indo-Pacific 8.4 SL 1851
Gnatholepis argus Eastern Indian Ocean 3.3 SL 2005
Gnatholepis caudimaculata Western Indian Ocean 4.3 SL 2012
Gnatholepis cauerensis Eyebar goby Indo-Pacific 6 SL 1853
Gnatholepis gymnocara Nakedcheek sandgoby Western Pacific 3.7 SL 2001
Gnatholepis knighti Western Central Pacific 6.4 SL 1903
Gnatholepis ophthalmotaenia Western Pacific 5.5 SL 1854
Gnatholepis pascuensis Rapanui goby Southeast Pacific 4.4 SL 2001
Gnatholepis thompsoni Goldspot goby Atlantic 8.2 TL 1904
Gnatholepis yoshinoi Yoshino's goby Western Pacific 3.1 SL 2009



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