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Bryaninops
	Whip coral dwarf goby, (B. yongei) on a whip coral (Cirrhipathes)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Bryaninops; J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Type species
	Bryaninops ridens; J. L. B. Smith, 1959
Synonyms
	Tenacigobius Larson & Hoese, 1980;

Bryaninops (commonly known as sea whip gobies) is a tropical Indo-Pacific genus of gobies. The genus takes its common name from the fact that it is commensal on gorgonians (commonly known as sea whips) and black coral. The genus is further characterised by cryptic colouration.^[2]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bryaninops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ Okiyama, Muneo; Tsukamoto, Youichi (1989). "Sea whip goby, Bryaninops yongei, collected from outer shelf off Miyakojima, East China Sea". Ichthyological Research. 36 (3): 369–370. doi:10.1007/BF02905623.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Suzuki, T. & Randall, J.E. (2014): Four new gobiid fishes of the genus Bryaninops from the East Indies. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 11-26.