Gobius

Gobius
Temporal range: 23–0 Ma Early Miocene to Present
Gobius paganellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobius
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Gobius niger
Synonyms
  • Cabotia de Buen, 1930
  • Cabotichthys Whitley, 1940
  • Fagea de Buen, 1940
  • Macrogobius de Buen, 1930
  • Zostericola Iljin, 1927
  • Zosterisessor Whitley, 1935

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

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:

Synonyms
Fossil of Gobius ignotus
Fossil species
  • †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

  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. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gobius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ "Gobius Linnaeus 1758 (goby)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 10 October 2024.