Gobius

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Gobius
Temporal range: 23–0  Ma
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Early Miocene to Present [1]
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Gobius paganellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobius
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Gobius niger
Synonyms
  • CabotichthysWhitley, 1940
  • Macrogobiusde 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

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: [2]

Fossil of Gobius ignotus Gobiidae - Gobius ignotus.JPG
Fossil of Gobius ignotus
Fossil species [6]

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. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gobius". FishBase . October 2024 version.
  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. 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.