''Gobius'' is a

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in the

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Gobiidae Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and t ...

native to fresh,

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

and marine waters of and around

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and

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. It contains the typical gobies, being the

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of the formerly recognised subfamily

Gobiinae True gobies were a subfamily, the Gobiinae, of the goby family Gobiidae, although the 5th edition of the ''Fishes of the World'' does not subdivide the Gobiidae into subfamilies. They are found in all oceans and a few rivers and lakes, but ...

and

and the namesake genus of its order

Gobiiformes The Gobiiformes are an order of fish that includes the gobies and their relatives. The order, which was previously considered a suborder of Perciformes, is made up of about 2,211 species that are divided between seven families. Phylogenetic re ...

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobius ater''

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, 1888 (Bellotti's goby) * ''

Gobius ateriformis ''Gobius ateriformis'' is a species of marine fish from the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in tide pools to a depth of . The species was first described by Alberto Brito and Peter J. Miller Peter ...

'' Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001 * ''

Gobius auratus The golden goby (''Gobius auratus'') is a species of goby from the family Gobiidae endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It prefers areas with rocky substrates at depths of from (though usually not below ) with plentiful growth of algae and gorgon ...

'' A. Risso, 1810 (Golden goby) * '' Gobius boekeri'' Ahl, 1931 * '' Gobius bucchichi'' Steindachner, 1870 (Bucchich's goby) * ''

Gobius cobitis The giant goby (''Gobius cobitis'') is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of from . This species is of minor importance to commercial fisher ...

'' Pallas, 1814 (Giant goby) * ''

Gobius couchi Couch's goby (''Gobius couchi'') is a species of goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean as far north as southern Great Britain and Ireland, the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea where it can be found living under stones on muddy sand ...

'' 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 ''Gobius gasteveni'', Steven's goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it is known to occur in the Irish sea as far north as the Isle of Man, the western part of the English Channel south as far as Madeira and the C ...

'' P. J. Miller, 1974 (Steven's goby) * ''

Gobius geniporus The slender goby (''Gobius geniporus'') is a species of goby endemism, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea where it can be found in inshore waters to a depth of about . It lives in areas with sandy or muddy substrates near beds of sea-grass. This ...

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

, 1837 (Slender goby) * ''

Gobius hypselosoma ''Gobius hypselosoma'' is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Ma ...

'' Bleeker, 1867 * '' Gobius incognitus''

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& Šanda, 2016Kovačić, 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.'' * ''

Gobius kolombatovici ''Gobius kolombatovici'' is a species of goby native to the northern Adriatic Sea where it occurs at depths of from in areas with patches of rock and softer sediments. This species can reach a length of SL. The specific name honours the Croa ...

& P. J. Miller, 2000 * ''

Gobius koseirensis ''Gobius koseirensis'' is a species of goby native to the western Indian Ocean where it is only known to occur off the coast of Egypt. References Fish described in 1871 Fish of the Red Sea Fish of Africa koseirensis Taxa named by Car ...

'' Klunzinger, 1871 * ''

Gobius leucomelas ''Gobius leucomelas'' is a species of goby native to the western Indian Ocean where it is only known from off of the coasts of Eritrea. References Endemic fauna of Eritrea leucomelas ''Leucomelas'' is a genus of moths of the family Ere ...

'' W. K. H. Peters, 1868 * ''

Gobius niger The black goby (''Gobius niger'') is a species of Acanthopterygii, ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuary, estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...

(Black goby) * '' Gobius paganellus''

(Rock goby) * ''

Gobius roulei ''Gobius roulei'', Roule's goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea where it can be found at depths of from . This species can reach a length of TL. The specific name honours the French zoologi ...

'' F. de Buen, 1928 (Roule's goby) * '' Gobius rubropunctatus'' Delais, 1951 * '' Gobius salamansa'' Iglésias & Frotté, 2015 (Salamansa goby)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.'' * '' Gobius scorteccii'' Poll, 1961 * ''

Gobius senegambiensis ''Gobius senegambiensis'' is a species of marine fish from the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. It is native to the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Angola as well as the islands in the Gulf of Guinea. It is found in inshore waters on sandy b ...

'' Metzelaar, 1919 * '' Gobius strictus''

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, 1907 (Schmidt's goby) * '' Gobius tetrophthalmus'' Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001 * '' Gobius tropicus''

Osbeck Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus. Naturalist in Canton In 1750 ...

, 1765 * '' Gobius vittatus'' Vinciguerra, 1883 (Striped goby) * ''

Gobius xanthocephalus The yellow-headed goby (''Gobius xanthocephalus'') is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from northern Spain to Madeira and Canary Islands, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it is found in inshore A shore or a ...

'' Heymer &

Zander The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is a popu ...

, 1992 (Yellow-headed goby)

References

Gobiinae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Marine fish genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gobiidae-stub