Amblyopinae

Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Amblyopinae

Odontamblyopus lacepedii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Gobiiformes
Family:  | Oxudercidae
Subfamily:  | Amblyopinae
Günther, 1861

Amblyopinae is a subfamily of elongated mud-dwelling gobies commonly called eel gobies or worm gobies; it has been regarded as a subfamily of the family Gobiidae, while the 5th edition Fishes of the World classifies it as a subfamily of the family Oxudercidae.[1] The members in the subfamily have two dorsal fins that are connected by a membranous structure and their eyes are highly reduced in size. They are usually pink, red, or purple in coloration.[2]

## Genera

Currently, 15 genera in this subfamily are recognized:

* Amblyotrypauchen Hora, 1924
* Biendongella Prokofiev, 2015 [3]
* Brachyamblyopus Bleeker, 1874
* Caragobius H. M. Smith & Seale, 1906
* Ctenotrypauchen Steindachner, 1867
* Gymnoamblyopus Murdy & Ferraris, 2003
* Karsten Murdy, 2002
* Odontamblyopus Bleeker, 1874
* Paratrypauchen Murdy, 2008
* Pseudotrypauchen Hardenberg, 1931
* Sovvityazius Prokofiev, 2015 [3]
* Taenioides Lacépède, 1800
* Trypauchen Valenciennes, 1837
* Trypauchenichthys Bleeker, 1860
* Trypauchenopsis Volz, 1903

## References

1. ↑ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC; Wilson, MVH (2016). Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition. Wiley. p. 330. ISBN 9781119220824.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Gobiidae" in FishBase. June 2017 version.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): An Overview of Gobies of the Subfamily Amblyopinae (Gobiidae) from the Western South China Sea (Vietnam and Indonesia) and Pacific Waters of the Philippines. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 783–791.

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