Gobius

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|23|0}}Early Miocene to Present{{cite journal

|last=Sepkoski

|first=J.J.Jr

|title=A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera

|journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology

|volume=363

|pages=1–560

|year=2002

|url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class

|archive-date=2011-07-23

}}

| image = Gobius_paganellus.jpg

| image_caption = Gobius paganellus

| taxon = Gobius

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| type_species = Gobius niger

| type_species_authority = 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

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Gobius| month = October | year = 2024}}

File: Gobiidae - Gobius ignotus.JPG

;Fossil species{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36041 |title=Gobius Linnaeus 1758 (goby)|website=Paleobiology Database|access-date=10 October 2024}}

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  • {{extinct}}Gobius aidouri {{small|Arambourg, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius anthonyi {{small|Arambourg, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius atlanticus {{small|Weiler, 1959}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius brivesi {{small|Arambourg, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius bucchichi {{small|Steindachner, 1870}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius crenelatus {{small|Weiler, 1943}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius dorsolobatus {{small|Weiler, 1943}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius ehrmanni {{small|Arambourg, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius gracilis {{small|Weiler, 1959}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius ignotus {{small|Gaudant, 1976}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius ilovajskii {{small|Bogatshov, 1955}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius jarosi {{small|Reichenbacher et al., 2018}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius macrurus {{small|Agassiz, 1835}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius obliquus {{small|Frost, 1925}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius orientalis {{small|Vorstman, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius preangerensis {{small|Vorstman, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius pretiosus {{small|Prochazka, 1893}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius razelaini {{small|Arambourg, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius tankilensis {{small|Vorstman, 1927}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius tenuis {{small|Weiler, 1943}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius triangularis {{small|Weiler, 1943}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius truncatus {{small|Schwarzhans, 1978}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius vicinalis {{small|Koken, 1891}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius weileri {{small|Bauza-Rullan, 1955}}
  • {{extinct}}Gobius xiphurus {{small|Arambourg, 1927}}

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References