Genus of fishes
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 .
There are currently 30 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 bontii Bleeker , 1849
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 ophiocephalus Pallas, 1814 (Grass 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 (Species inquirenda )[ 5]
Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra , 1883 (Striped goby)
Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander , 1992 (Yellow-headed goby)
Gobius xoriguer Iglésias, Vukić & Šanda, 2021 (Kestrel goby)
Fossil of Gobius ignotus
Fossil species[ 6]
† Gobius aidouri Arambourg, 1927
† Gobius anthonyi Arambourg, 1927
† Gobius atlanticus Weiler, 1959
† Gobius brivesi Arambourg, 1927
† Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870
† Gobius crenelatus Weiler, 1943
† Gobius dorsolobatus Weiler, 1943
† Gobius ehrmanni Arambourg, 1927
† Gobius gracilis Weiler, 1959
† Gobius ignotus Gaudant, 1976
† Gobius ilovajskii Bogatshov, 1955
† Gobius jarosi Reichenbacher et al., 2018
† Gobius macrurus Agassiz, 1835
† Gobius obliquus Frost, 1925
† Gobius orientalis Vorstman, 1927
† Gobius preangerensis Vorstman, 1927
† Gobius pretiosus Prochazka, 1893
† Gobius razelaini Arambourg, 1927
† Gobius tankilensis Vorstman, 1927
† Gobius tenuis Weiler, 1943
† Gobius triangularis Weiler, 1943
† Gobius truncatus Schwarzhans, 1978
† Gobius vicinalis Koken, 1891
† Gobius weileri Bauza-Rullan, 1955
† Gobius xiphurus Arambourg, 1927
^ 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 ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gobius " . FishBase . October 2024 version.
^ a b 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. Bibcode :2016JFBio..88.1104K . doi :10.1111/jfb.12883 . PMID 26822387 .
^ 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. doi :10.1007/s10228-015-0505-4 .
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Gobius tropicus " . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 October 2024 .
^ "Gobius Linnaeus 1758 (goby)" . Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 10 October 2024 .