Pomatoschistus

Pomatoschistus Temporal range: Miocene – present
Sand Goby (P. minutus), the type species of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Pomatoschistus T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Gobius minutus Pallas, 1770
Synonyms
Chaparrudode Buen, 1931 EngrauligobiusIljin, 1930 GobiusculusDuncker, 1928 Iljiniade Buen, 1930 SyrrhothonusChabanaud, 1933

Pomatoschistus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Europe, the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller, 1973
• Pomatoschistus anatoliae Engin & Innal, 2017 ^[2]
• Pomatoschistus bathi P. J. Miller, 1982 (Bath's goby)
• †Pomatoschistus bunyatoviBratishko et al. 2015 (fossil, Miocene of Kazakhstan) ^[3]
• Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius, 1779
• Pomatoschistus knerii (Steindachner, 1861) (Kner's goby)
• Pomatoschistus lozanoi (F. de Buen, 1923) (Lozano's goby)
• Pomatoschistus marmoratus (A. Risso, 1810) (Marbled goby)
• Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) (Common goby)
• Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) (Sand goby)
• Pomatoschistus nanus Engin & Seyhan, 2017 ^[4]
• Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902) (Norway goby)
• Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865) (Painted goby)
• Pomatoschistus quagga (Heckel, 1837) (Quagga goby)
• Pomatoschistus tortonesei P. J. Miller, 1969 (Tortonese's goby)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pomatoschistus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 September 2025.
2. Semin Engin & Deniz İnnal (2017). "A new species of Pomatoschistus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Southern Anatolia" . Zoology in the Middle East. 63 (4): 316–324. doi:10.1080/09397140.2017.1361187. S2CID   90904369. Abstract
3. "†Pomatoschistus bunyatovi Bratishko et al. 2015 (goby)". Paleobiology Database.
4. Engin, S.; Seyhan, D. (October 2017). "A new species of Pomatoschistus (Teleostei, Gobiidae): the Mediterranean's smallest marine fish: mediterranean sea's smallest fish species" . Journal of Fish Biology. 91 (4): 1208–1223. doi:10.1111/jfb.13455.