| Ancistrogobius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Ancistrogobius Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Ancistrogobius dipus Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010 | |
Ancistrogobius is a genus of gobies native to the western Pacific Ocean. The first fossil record of this genus is Ancistrogobius indicus (only otoliths known) from the Burdigalian of southwestern India.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
- Ancistrogobius dipus Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Double-fin cheek-hook goby)
- Ancistrogobius squamiceps Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Scaly cheek-hook goby)
- Ancistrogobius yanoi Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Yano's cheek-hook goby)
- Ancistrogobius yoshigoui Shibukawa, Yoshino & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Threadless cheek-hook goby)
- Ancistrogobius indicus Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (fossil)
References
- ^ Nora, Carolin; Bajpai, Sunil; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Schwarzhans, Werner (2022). "New perspectives on late Tethyan Neogene biodiversity development of fishes based on Miocene (~ 17 Ma) otoliths from southwestern India". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-022-00623-9. S2CID 249184395.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ancistrogobius". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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