Az Elacatinus a csontos halak (Osteichthyes) főosztályának a sugarasúszójú halak (Actinopterygii) osztályába, ezen belül a sügéralakúak (Perciformes) rendjébe, a gébfélék (Gobiidae) családjába és a Gobiinae alcsaládjába tartozó nem.
Rendszerezés A nembe az alábbi 26 faj tartozik:
Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus cayman Victor, 2014 Elacatinus centralis Victor, 2014 Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister, 1933) Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel, 2009 Elacatinus evelynae (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & Rosa, 1997 Elacatinus genie (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus horsti (Metzelaar, 1922) Elacatinus illecebrosus (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus jarocho Taylor & Akins, 2007 Elacatinus lobeli Randall & Colin, 2009 Elacatinus lori Colin, 2002 Elacatinus louisae (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904 - típusfaj Elacatinus panamensis Victor, 2010 Elacatinus phthirophagus Sazima, Carvalho-Filho & Sazima, 2008 Elacatinus pridisi Guimarães, Gasparini & Rocha, 2004 Elacatinus prochilos (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus puncticulatus (Ginsburg, 1938) Elacatinus randalli (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus redimiculus Taylor & Akins, 2007 Elacatinus rubrigenis Victor, 2010 Elacatinus serranilla Randall & Lobel, 2009 Elacatinus tenox (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) Elacatinus xanthiprora (Böhlke & Robins, 1968)
Források Elacatinus FishBase Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. 2010: Fishes as living tracers of connectivity in the tropical western North Atlantic: I. Distribution of the neon gobies, genus Elacatinus (Pisces: Gobiidae). Zootaxa, 2370: 36–52. Preview (1944): A description of a new gobiid fish from Venezuela, with notes on the genus Garmannia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 34 (11): 375-380. (1904): Notes on the fishes collected in the Tortugas Archipelago. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 22 : 539-544, Pls. 1-2. ; 2009: Elacatinus lobeli, a new cleaning goby from Belize and Honduras. Zootaxa, 2173: 31-40. Abstract & excerpt ; 2009: A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus Elacatinus from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa, 2133: 1-19. Abstract & excerpt , 1997: Elacatinus figaro sp. n. (Perciformes: Gobiidae) a new cleaner goby from the coast of Brazil. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 2 (3): 33-38. ITIS szerinti rendszerbesorolása
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