Amblyopinae

Odontamblyopus lacepedii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

^ Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition. Wiley. p. 330. ISBN 9781119220824.
^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Gobiidae" in FishBase. June 2017 version.
^ ^a ^b 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.