Taenioides
Slender eel goby (T. gracilis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Amblyopinae
Genus:	Taenioides Lacépède, 1800
Type species
Taenioides hermannii Lacépède, 1800
Synonyms
Amblyopus Valenciennes, 1837 Gymnurus Rafinesque, 1815 Leme De Vis, 1883 Psilosomus Swainson, 1839

Taenioides is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish, and marine waters of the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Thirteen recognized species are in this genus:^[1]

• Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (eel worm goby)
• Taenioides buchanani (F. Day, 1873) (Burmese gobyeel)
• Taenioides caniscapulus Roxas & Ablan, 1938
• Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860) (bearded worm goby)
• Taenioides eruptionis (Bleeker, 1849)
• Taenioides esquivel J. L. B. Smith, 1947 (bulldog eelgoby)
• Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes, 1837) (slender eel goby)
• Taenioides jacksoni J. L. B. Smith, 1943 (bearded eelgoby)
• Taenioides kentalleni Murdy & J. E. Randall, 2002
• Taenioides limicola C. L. Smith, 1964
• Taenioides mordax (De Vis, 1883)
• Taenioides nigrimarginatus Hora, 1924 (blackfin eel goby)
• Taenioides purpurascens (De Vis, 1884) (purple eelgoby)

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