Bollmannia is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas. The generic name honours the American naturalist Charles Harvey Bollman (1868–1889).
Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899 (White-eye goby) Bollmannia chlamydes D. S. Jordan, 1890 Bollmannia communis Ginsburg, 1942 (Ragged goby) Bollmannia eigenmannorum (Garman, 1896) (Shelf goby) Bollmannia gomezi Acero P., 1981 (Colombian goby) Bollmannia litura Ginsburg, 1935 Bollmannia macropoma C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Frailscale goby) Bollmannia marginalis Ginsburg, 1939 (Apostrophe goby) Bollmannia ocellata C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Pennant goby) Bollmannia stigmatura C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Tailspot goby) Bollmannia umbrosa Ginsburg, 1939 (Dusky goby) One fossil taxon is also known from otolith remains:
Bollmannia gatunensis (Schubert, 1908) [otolith] - Late Miocene (Tortonian to Messinian) of Panama, Ecuador, and Trinidad, potentially Middle Miocene of Veracruz, Mexico
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