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Oxyeleotris

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Oxyeleotris
Marble Goby (O. marmorata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Butidae
Genus: Oxyeleotris
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Eleotris marmorata
Bleeker, 1852[1]

Oxyeleotris is a genus of sleeper gobies mostly restricted to Australia and New Guinea, though some (O. marmorata, O. siamensis, O. urophthalmoides and O. urophthalmus) are found in Southeast Asia.

They are found in a wide range of fresh and brackish water habitats, and the two species O. caeca and O. colasi are cave-dwellers.[2]

Species

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There 17 recognized species in this genus are:[3][2]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Oxyeleotris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Pouyaud, L., Kadarusman, Hadiaty, R.K., Slembrouck, J., Lemauk, N., Kusumah, R.V. & Keith, P. (2013): Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium, 36 (4): 521-529.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxyeleotris". FishBase. April 2013 version.