Genus Lesueurigobius

Lesueurigobius Whitley, 1950

Sub-orbital papillae with row a around lower edge of orbit; rows a and c, including cp, without transverse proliferation. Inter-orbit with longitudinal rows of papillae. No head canals. Predorsal area and nape scaled or naked. Anterior nostril a short tube, lacking process from rim. First dorsal finrays more or less elongate, especially anteriorly. Pectoral fin uppermost rays within membrane. Pelvic disc complete. First dorsal rays VI. Caudal fin more or less lanceolate. Scales large, ctenoid, 25-29 in lateral series. Vertebrae 27.
Atlantic-Mediterranean species of offshore, soft deposits, probably all cryptobenthic, in burrows.

Species 4 in Clofnam area.

Species of this genus in the program:
Lesueurigobius friesii
Lesueurigobius heterofasciatus
Lesueurigobius sanzoi
Lesueurigobius suerii

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