Hazeus

Hazeus
Hazeus otakii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus:
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Type species
Hazeus otakii
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Hazeus is a genus of gobies, from the family Gobiidae, native to the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Hazeus ammophilus Allen & Erdmann 2021[2]
  • Hazeus elati (Goren, 1984) (Eilat sandgoby)[3]
  • Hazeus ingressus Engin, Larson & Irmak, 2018 (Immigrant goby)[4]
  • Hazeus maculipinna (J. E. Randall & Goren, 1993)[5]
  • Hazeus otakii D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Scalyhead goby)
  • Hazeus paucisquamatus G. R. Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2024[6](Louisiade sand-goby)
  • Hazeus profusus Allen & Erdmann 2021[2]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hazeus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2021. Description of two new sand-dwelling gobies (Gobiidae: Hazeus) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. aqua, Intl. J. Ichthyol. 27(2):37-56.
  3. ^ Goren, M. and M. Dor, 1994. An updated checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES II). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel. 120 p.
  4. ^ Engin, S., H. Larson and E. Irmak, 2018. Hazeus ingressus sp. nov. a new goby species (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and a new invasion in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 19(2):316-325.
  5. ^ Anderson, R.C., J.E. Randall and R.H. Kuiter, 1998. New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species. Ichthyol. Bull. 67(2):20-36.
  6. ^ Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Brooks, W.M. (2024) Hazeus paucisquamatus, a new sand-dwelling goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 41, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10846448