Acentrogobius is a genus of gobies native to marine, fresh and brackish waters of the coasts of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Acentrogobius matsya is an otolith-based fossil species found in the Burdigalian (Miocene) Quilon Formation of southwestern India.

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:

• Acentrogobius brevirostris (Günther, 1861)

• Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Tropical sand goby)

• Acentrogobius cenderawasih Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Cenderawasih goby)

• Acentrogobius chusanensis (Herre, 1940)

• Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941 (Day's goby)

• Acentrogobius decaryi (Pellegrin, 1932)

• Acentrogobius gracilis (Bleeker, 1875) (Bluespotted mangrovegoby)

• Acentrogobius griseus (Day, 1876) (Grey goby)

• Acentrogobius horai (Fowler, 1925)

• Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) (Robust mangrove goby)

• Acentrogobius limarius Allen, Erdmann & Hadiaty, 2015 (Batanta mud goby)

• Acentrogobius madraspatensis (F. Day, 1868) (Manyband goby)

• Acentrogobius matsya Carolin, Bajpai, Maurya & Schwarzhans, 2022 (otolith-based fossil species)

• Acentrogobius moloanus (Herre, 1927) (Barcheek amoya)

• Acentrogobius multifasciatus (Herre, 1927)

• Acentrogobius pellidebilis Lee & Kim, 1992

• Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) (Striped sandgoby)

• Acentrogobius quinquemaculatus Allen, 2017

• Acentrogobius simplex (Sauvage, 1880) (Bagamoyo goby)

• Acentrogobius therezieni Kiener, 1963

• Acentrogobius vanderloosi Allen, 2015 (Mudslope goby)

• Acentrogobius veliensis (Geevarghese & John, 1982)

• Acentrogobius violarisi Allen, 2015 (Alotau goby)

• Acentrogobius virgatulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

• Acentrogobius viridipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Spotted green goby)

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