Gobius

Genus of fishes

Gobius

Temporal range: 23–0 Ma

PreꞒ

Early Miocene to Present[1]

Gobius paganellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Gobiiformes
Family:  | Gobiidae
Subfamily:  | Gobiinae
Genus:  | Gobius
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Gobius niger

Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

* Cabotichthys Whitley, 1940
* Macrogobius de Buen, 1930

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.

## Species

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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

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gobius". FishBase. October 2024 version.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ "Gobius Linnaeus 1758 (goby)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 10 October 2024.

Taxon identifiers

Gobius|

* Wikidata: Q731583
* Wikispecies: Gobius
* ADW: Gobius
* BioLib: 126908
* BOLD: 77457
* CoL: C9ZQZ
* EoL: 46575223
* GBIF: 2376483
* iNaturalist: 88563
* IRMNG: 1310362
* ITIS: 171833
* NBN: NBNSYS0000188631
* NCBI: 45204
* Paleobiology Database: 36041
* Plazi: 508945FA-CB5D-06F8-27D0-1AEE563AC397
* WoRMS: 125988
* ZooBank: BCD66CF7-61F7-4CE2-BAA4-E1863B9B4348

Authority control databases

National|

* Czech Republic
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX

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