Glossogobius, Gill, 1860

Hoese, Douglass F., Hadiaty, Renny Kurnia & Herder, Fabian, 2015, Review of the dwarf Glossogobius lacking head pores from the Malili lakes, Sulawesi, with a discussion of the definition of the genus., Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 14-26 : 17

Key to the Glossogobius complexes from the Malili Lakes

1. Head pores completely absent.................................................. ...................................... 2 ( Glossogobius flavipinnis complex)

– Head pores present, at least in interorbital region................. 3

2. Second dorsal rays usually I,9; anal rays usually I,8; confined to Lake Mahalona.... Glossogobius mahalonensis new species

– Second dorsal rays I,8; anal rays I,7; confined to Lake Towuti................................................ Glossogobius flavipinnis

3. Anal rays usually I,9; body compressed and deep, body with numerous pupil sized or smaller spots on midsides; Lakes Towuti and Mahalona .......... Glossogobius intermedius

– Anal rays normally I,8, body rounded and slender, body uniformly coloured, with faint stripes or a few large dark spots usually greater than eye size ........................................... ........................................... Glossogobius matanensis complex