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

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21 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hetereleotris apora Poreless goby Western Indian Ocean 3 TL 1979
Hetereleotris aurantiaca Orange goggle goby Western Indian Ocean 1.5 SL 2019
Hetereleotris bipunctata Western Indian Ocean 1976
Hetereleotris caminata Mourner Western Indian Ocean 4 TL 1958
Hetereleotris diademata Western Indian Ocean 2.7 SL 1830
Hetereleotris dorsovittata Western Indian Ocean 2.2 SL 2014
Hetereleotris exilis Northwest Pacific 2.2 SL 2010
Hetereleotris georgegilli Gill's goby Western Indian Ocean 2.3 SL 1998
Hetereleotris kenyae Western Indian Ocean 1958
Hetereleotris margaretae Smooth-scale goby Western Indian Ocean 3 TL 1986
Hetereleotris nasoramosa Socotra hole-hiding goby Western Indian Ocean 2.5 SL 2021
Hetereleotris nebulofasciata Western Indian Ocean 1958
Hetereleotris poecila Northwest Pacific 1946
Hetereleotris psammophila Western Indian Ocean 2.7 SL 2014
Hetereleotris readerae Southwest Pacific 2.4 SL 2005
Hetereleotris semisquamata Semiscaly goggle goby Western Indian Ocean 1.3 SL 2019
Hetereleotris tentaculata Locusthead Western Indian Ocean 3 TL 1958
Hetereleotris vinsoni Vinson's goby Western Indian Ocean 1986
Hetereleotris vulgaris Western Indian Ocean 4 TL 1871
Hetereleotris zanzibarensis Goggle goby Western Indian Ocean 3 TL 1958
Hetereleotris zonata Goggles Western Indian Ocean 6.5 TL 1934



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013