Gobiopterus

Gobiopterus
Gobiopterus stellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Gobiopterus Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Apocryptes brachypterus Bleeker, 1855
Synonyms
Gobiella H. M. Smith, 1931 Leptogobius Bleeker, 1874 Micrapocryptes Hora, 1923 Mirogobius Herre, 1927 Munrogobius Whitley, 1951 Paraphya Munro, 1949

Gobiopterus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the coastal areas around the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

• Gobiopterus birtwistlei (Herre, 1935)
• Gobiopterus brachypterus (Bleeker, 1855)
• Gobiopterus chuno (F. Hamilton, 1822)
• Gobiopterus lacustris (Herre, 1927) (Lacustrine goby)
• Gobiopterus macrolepis (T. Y. Cheng, 1965)
• Gobiopterus mindanensis (Herre, 1944)
• Gobiopterus panayensis (Herre, 1944)
• Gobiopterus semivestitus (Munro, 1949)
• Gobiopterus smithi (Menon & Talwar, 1973)
• Gobiopterus stellatus (Herre, 1927) (Dwarf freshwater goby)