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: Microgobius
Species: M. brevispinis – M. carri – M. crocatus – M. curtus – M. cyclolepis – M. emblematicus – M. erectus – M. gulosus – M. meeki – M. microlepis – M. miraflorensis – M. signatus – M. tabogensis – M. thalassinus – M. urraca
Name
Microgobius Poey, 1876: 168
Type species: Microgobius signatus ♂ Poey, 1876. Type by monotypy.
Synonyms
Xenogobius Metzelaar, 1919: 140
Zalypnus Jordan & Evermann, 1896: 459
References
Birdsong, R. S.; 1981: A review of the gobiid fish genus Microgobius Poey. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31: 267–306.
Poey, F. 1876: Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid, 5: 131–176.
Rüber, L. , J.L. van Tassell & R. Zardoya 2003: Rapid speciation and ecological divergence in the American seven-spined gobies (Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini) inferred from a moleuclar phylogeny. Evolution, 57(7): 1584–1598.
Tornabene, L.; Van Tassell, J.L.; Robertson, D.R. 2012: Microgobius urraca (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new species of goby from the tropical eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 3447: 41–55. Preview Reference page.
Microgobius 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: American Seven-spined Gobies
Microgobius is a genus of gobies native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.[1]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Microgobius brevispinis Ginsburg, 1939 (Balboa goby)
Microgobius carri Fowler, 1945 (Seminole goby)
Microgobius crocatus Birdsong, 1968
Microgobius curtus Ginsburg, 1939
Microgobius cyclolepis C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Roundscale goby)
Microgobius emblematicus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Emblem goby)
Microgobius erectus Ginsburg, 1938 (Erect goby)
Microgobius gulosus (Girard, 1858) (Clown goby)
Microgobius meeki Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899
Microgobius microlepis Longley & Hildebrand, 1940 (Banner goby)
Microgobius miraflorensis C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Miraflores goby)
Microgobius signatus Poey, 1876
Microgobius tabogensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (Taboga goby)
Microgobius thalassinus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Green goby)
Microgobius urraca Tornabene, Van Tassell & D. R. Robertson, 2012 (Dark-finned sand goby)
References
Microgobius gulosus
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microgobius". FishBase. June 2013 version.
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