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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobiosoma

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gobiosoma aceras White-margined goby Eastern Central Pacific. 5 SL 1939
Gobiosoma alfiei Alfie’s goby Southwest Atlantic 2.8 SL 2015
Gobiosoma bosc Naked goby Western Atlantic 6 TL 1800
Gobiosoma chiquita Sonora goby Eastern Central Pacific 6.5 TL 1889
Gobiosoma ginsburgi Seaboard goby Western Atlantic 6 TL 1928
Gobiosoma grosvenori Rockcut goby Western Central Atlantic 3 TL 1964
Gobiosoma hemigymnum Half naked goby Southwest Atlantic 4.4 TL 1888
Gobiosoma hildebrandi Western Central Atlantic 1939
Gobiosoma homochroma Eastern Central Pacific 1939
Gobiosoma longipala Twoscale goby Western Atlantic 5 TL 1933
Gobiosoma nudum Knobchin goby Eastern Central Pacific 4.5 TL 1928
Gobiosoma paradoxum Paradox goby Eastern Pacific 4 TL 1861
Gobiosoma robustum Code goby Western Atlantic 5 TL 1933
Gobiosoma schultzi South America 1944
Gobiosoma seminudum Silt goby Eastern Central Pacific. 7 SL 1861
Gobiosoma spes Vermiculated goby Western Central Atlantic 4.1 TL 1939
Gobiosoma spilotum Isthmian goby Western Central Atlantic 2.7 SL 1939
Gobiosoma yucatanum Yucatan goby Central America 2.6 SL 1971



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