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Amoya Herre, 1927

AphiaID

205053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205053)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816

Synonymised names

Mindorogobius Herre, 1945 · unaccepted

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Species Amoya madraspatensis (Day, 1868)
Species Amoya signata (Peters, 1855)
Species Amoya veliensis (Geevarghese & John, 1982)
Species Amoya caninus (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837) (senior synonym)
Species Amoya chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker, 1849) accepted as Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker, 1849)
Species Amoya chusanensis (Herre, 1940) accepted as Ctenogobius chusanensis Herre, 1940 (senior synonym)
Species Amoya gracilis (Bleeker, 1875) accepted as Acentrogobius gracilis (Bleeker, 1875) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Amoya janthinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Amoya lopezi (Herre, 1945) accepted as Acentrogobius moloanus (Herre, 1927)
Species Amoya moloana (Herre, 1927) accepted as Acentrogobius moloanus (Herre, 1927) (misspelling)
Species Amoya moloanus (Herre, 1927) accepted as Acentrogobius moloanus (Herre, 1927)
Species Amoya multifasciata (Herre, 1927) accepted as Acentrogobius multifasciatus (Herre, 1927)
Species Amoya pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) (misspelling)
Species Amoya pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Amoya signatus (Peters, 1855) accepted as Amoya signata (Peters, 1855) (misspelling)
Species Amoya suluensis (Herre, 1927) accepted as Acentrogobius suluensis (Herre, 1927)
Species Amoya viganensis (Steindachner, 1893) accepted as Acentrogobius viganensis (Steindachner, 1893)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Amoya Herre, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205053 on 2026-08-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 08:30:55Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Mindorogobius Herre, 1945) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1945). Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. XIV.--A new genus and three new species of gobies from the Philippines. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 58: 11-15. [details]

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]