Oxyurichthys Bleeker, 1860
Type: Gobius belosso Bleeker, 1854 (= G. papuensis Valenciennes, 1837)
Suborbital papillae in 4 or 5 transverse rows, two before, and two or three below, longitudinal row b. No row a. Row d extending to rear of last transverse row below b. Anterior oculoscapular canal present, with pores , ', (double), , and .
Predorsal area and nape scaled laterally. Low median ridge before origin of first dorsal fin. Anterior nostril a short tube, without process from rim. Teeth in upper jaw in a single row. Pectoral fin uppermost rays not free from membrane. Pelvic disc complete, anterior membrane without pronounced lateral lobes. Caudal fin lanceolate. First dorsal rays VI. Scales ctenoid, 30-90 in lateral series. Vertebrae 26.
Species: several Indo-Pacific species; in Clofnam area 1 (lessepsian immigrant to the eastern Mediterranean).
Species of this genus in the program:
Oxyurichthys papuensis