Drombus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Drombus ocyurus.jpg

| image_caption = Drombus ocyurus

| taxon = Drombus

| authority = D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905

| type_species = Drombus palackyi

| type_species_authority = D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1905

}}

Drombus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.{{FishBase genus | genus = Drombus| month = June | year = 2013}}

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:{{cite journal|author=Maurice Kottelat|year=2013|title=The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves, and estuaries|journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology|volume=Supplement No. 27|pages=1–663|url=http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf|access-date=2015-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106232024/http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf|archive-date=2015-01-06|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|author1=Helen K. Larson |author2=Zeehan Jaafar |author3=Kelvin K.P. Lim |year=2008|title=An annotated checklist of the gobioid fishes of Singapore|journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology|volume=56|issue=1|pages=135–155|url=http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/56/56rbz135-155.pdf}}{{Cof record|genid=5302|title=Drombus|access-date=25 August 2018}}

Drombus kranjiensis (originally described as Ctenogobius kranjiensis) and Drombus whitleyi are now regarded as junior synonyms of Drombus globiceps and Bathygobius fuscus, respectively. Drombus clarki, Drombus irrasus, Drombus maculipinnis, Drombus plumatus, and Drombus tutuilae have been transferred to the genus Callogobius. D. bontii is treated as a synonym of Gobius bontii by FishBase.{{FishBase|Gobius|bontii|month=June|year=2018}}

References