''Pomatoschistus'' is a genus of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...
native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of
Europe
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, the eastern
Atlantic Ocean
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and the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...
.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
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Pomatoschistus anatoliae
''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:
* ''Pomatoschistus anatoliae'' ...
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Engin & Innal, 2017[ Abstract]
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Pomatoschistus bathi
''Pomatoschistus bathi'' is a species of goby native to the eastern Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara where it occurs at depths of from on substrates with a sand or mud component. This species can reach a length of TL. It is found in Medi ...
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P. J. Miller, 1982 (Bath's goby)
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Pomatoschistus canestrinii
''Pomatoschistus canestrinii'', Canestrini's goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters along the Adriatic coasts where it is known to occur from the Po delta, Italy to Neretva, Croatia. It has also been introduced in Lake ...
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( A. P. Ninni, 1883) (Canestrini's goby)
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Pomatoschistus knerii
''Pomatoschistus knerii'', Kner's goby, is a species of goby native to the western basin of the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. This species occurs in areas with soft substrates near to rocks or beds of seagrass. The specific name most ...
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(Steindachner
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, 1861) (Kner's goby)
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Pomatoschistus lozanoi
''Pomatoschistus lozanoi'', Lozano's goby, is a species of goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the North Sea to northwestern Spain and Portugal where it can be found at depths of from . This species can reach a length of TL an ...
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( F. de Buen, 1923) (Lozano's goby)
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Pomatoschistus marmoratus
''Pomatoschistus marmoratus'', the marbled goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay down around the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is also found in ...
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( A. Risso, 1810) (Marbled goby)
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Pomatoschistus microps
The common goby (''Pomatoschistus microps'') is a species of ray-finned fish native to fresh and brackish waters along the Atlantic and Baltic Sea coasts of Europe and northern Africa, with a range stretching from Norway to Morocco and Mauritani ...
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( Krøyer, 1838) (Common goby)
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Pomatoschistus minutus
The sand goby (''Pomatoschistus minutus''), also known as a polewig or pollybait, is a species of ray-finned fish native to marine and brackish European waters from the Baltic Sea through the Mediterranean Sea and into the Black Sea where it occ ...
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(Pallas
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Mythology
* Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena
* Pa ...
, 1770) (Sand goby)
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Pomatoschistus montenegrensis''
P. J. Miller & Šanda, 2008
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Pomatoschistus nanus
''Pomatoschistus nanus'' is a species of goby native to the Levantine coast, in the Turkish territory. it is the smallest species of goby ever described in the Mediterranean sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlan ...
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Engin & Seyhan, 2017
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Pomatoschistus norvegicus
''Pomatoschistus norvegicus'', the Norway goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from Lofoten to the western English Channel and has also been recorded from the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea con ...
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( Collett, 1902) (Norway goby)
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Pomatoschistus pictus
The painted goby (''Pomatoschistus pictus'') is a small goby of Western European waters from Trondheim Fjord to Spain, the Canary Islands and is sometimes reported in the Mediterranean Sea. Also mentioned in the Black Sea.Malm
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, 1865) (Painted goby)
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Pomatoschistus quagga
''Pomatoschistus quagga'', the Quagga goby, is a species of goby native to the western part of the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans, Balkan Peni ...
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( Heckel, 1837) (Quagga goby)
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Pomatoschistus tortonesei
''Pomatoschistus tortonesei'', Tortonese's goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea where it is known from Marsala, Sicily and the Farwah Lagoon in western Libya. This species occurs in shallow waters ranging in salinity from b ...
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P. J. Miller, 1969 (Tortonese's goby)
References
Gobiinae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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