Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Gobioidei
Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobius
Species: G. ater – G. ateriformis – G. auratus – G. bontii – G. bucchichi – G. cobitis – G. couchi – G. cruentatus – G. fallax – G. gasteveni – G. geniporus – G. hypselosoma – G. incognitus – G. kolombatovici – G. koseirensis – G. leucomelas – †G. multipinnatus – †G. mustus – G. niger – G. paganellus – †G. reichenbacherae – G. roulei – G. rubropunctatus – G. salamansa – G. scorteccii – G. senegambiensis – G. strictus – G. tetrophthalmus – G. tropicus – †G. vandervoorti – G. vittatus – G. xanthocephalus
Nomina dubia: G. aphya – G. eleotris
Name
Gobius Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species: Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758
Fixation: Subsequent designation by Gill, 1863: 268
Synonyms
Cabotia de Buen, 1930: 17
Cabotichthys Whitley, 1940: 242
Fagea de Buen, 1940: 9
Gobio Klein, 1779: 178
Macrogobius de Buen, 1930: 135
References
Bath, H., 1972: Gobius arenae, eine neue Meergrundel aus dem westlichen Mittelmeer (Pisces: Gobioidei: Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 53 (5/6): 349–355.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 262. Open access Reference page.
Villegas-Ríos, D. & R. Bañón 2010: First record and new meristic data of Gobius xanthocephalus (Gobiidae) from the Galician waters (NW Spain). Cybium, 34(3): 311–314.
Links
Gobius species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Gobius in the World Register of Marine Species
Gobius and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Vernacular names
English: Gobies
Gobius is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of and around Europe, Africa and Asia. It contains the typical gobies, being the type genus of the formerly recognised subfamily Gobiinae and family and the namesake genus of its order Gobiiformes.
Fossil of Gobius ignotus
Species
There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Gobius ater Bellotti, 1888 (Bellotti's goby)
Gobius ateriformis Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001
Gobius auratus A. Risso, 1810 (Golden goby)
Gobius boekeri Ahl, 1931
Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870 (Bucchich's goby)[3]
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814 (Giant goby)
Gobius couchi P. J. Miller & El-Tawil, 1974 (Couch's goby)
Gobius cruentatus J. F. Gmelin, 1789 (Red-mouthed goby)
Gobius fallax Sarato, 1889 (Sarato's goby)
Gobius gasteveni P. J. Miller, 1974 (Steven's goby)
Gobius geniporus Valenciennes, 1837 (Slender goby)
Gobius hypselosoma Bleeker, 1867
Gobius incognitus Kovačić & Šanda, 2016[3]
Gobius kolombatovici Kovačić & P. J. Miller, 2000
Gobius koseirensis Klunzinger, 1871
Gobius leucomelas W. K. H. Peters, 1868
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758 (Black goby)
Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758 (Rock goby)
Gobius roulei F. de Buen, 1928 (Roule's goby)
Gobius rubropunctatus Delais, 1951
Gobius salamansa Iglésias & Frotté, 2015 (Salamansa goby)[4]
Gobius scorteccii Poll, 1961
Gobius senegambiensis Metzelaar, 1919
Gobius strictus Fage, 1907 (Schmidt's goby)
Gobius tetrophthalmus Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001
Gobius tropicus Osbeck, 1765
Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883 (Striped goby)
Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992 (Yellow-headed goby)
References
Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Gobius in FishBase. December 2016 version.
Kovačić, M. & Šanda, R. (2016): A new species of Gobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and the redescription of Gobius bucchichi. Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (3): 1104-1124.
Iglésias, S.P., Frotté, L. & Sellos, D.Y. (2015): Gobius salamansa, a new species of goby (Gobiidae) from the Cape Verde Islands supported by a unique cephalic lateral line system and DNA barcoding. Ichthyological Research, 63 (3): 356-369.
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