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Gobiidae (goby)

Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Gobiidae Bonaparte
1963Gobiidae Jordan p. 724
1980Gobiidae Danil'chenko p. 168
2010Gobiidae Böhme p. 10
2012Gobiidae Fierstine et al. p. 139
2013Gobiidae Betancur et al.
2016Gobiidae Cirilli et al. p. 18
2016Gobiidae Nelson et al. p. 331
2017Gobiidae Lin et al. p. 12
2019Gobiidae Ebersole et al. p. 204
2020Gobiidae Agiadi et al. p. 782

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Gobiomorpharia
orderGobiiformes
familyGobiidaeBonaparte 1832
familyGobiidaeBonaparte 1832

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Gobiidae Bonaparte 1832 [goby]
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G. †Aboma Jordan and Starkes 1895
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†Aboma antiqua Jordan and Gilbert 1919
G. Acentrogobius Bleeker 1874
G. Caffrogobius Smitt 1900
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†Caffrogobius tutus Schwarzhans 2013
G. †Chromogobius de Buen 1930
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†Chromogobius quadrivittatus Steindachner 1863
†Chromogobius zebratus Miller 1971
G. Crystallogobius Gill 1863
G. Deltentosteus Gill 1863
G. †Gobiidarum Unknown
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†Gobiidarum nolfi Bajpai and Kapur 2004
†Gobiidarum talahabensis Vorstman 1927
†Gobiidarum vastani Bajpai and Kapur 2004
G. Gobiodon Bleeker 1856
G. Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874
G. Gobius Linnaeus 1758
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†Gobius aidouri Arambourg 1927
†Gobius anthonyi Arambourg 1927
†Gobius atlanticus Weiler 1959
†Gobius brivesi Arambourg 1927
†Gobius bucchichi Steindachner 1870
Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814
†Gobius couchi Miller and El-Tawil 1974
†Gobius crenelatus Weiler 1943
†Gobius dorsolobatus Weiler 1943
†Gobius ehrmanni Arambourg 1927
†Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837
†Gobius gracilis Weiler 1959
†Gobius ilovajskii Bogatshov 1955
†Gobius jarosi Reichenbacher et al. 2018
†Gobius macrurus Agassiz 1835
Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758
†Gobius obliquus Frost 1925
†Gobius orientalis Vorstman 1927
†Gobius preangerensis Vorstman 1927
†Gobius pretiosus Prochazka 1893
†Gobius razelaini Arambourg 1927
†Gobius tankilensis Vorstman 1927
†Gobius tenuis Weiler 1943
†Gobius triangularis Weiler 1943
†Gobius truncatus Schwarzhans 1978
†Gobius vicinalis Koken 1891
†Gobius weileri Bauza-Rullan 1955
†Gobius xiphurus Arambourg 1927
G. †Gymnogobius Gill 1863
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†Gymnogobius oligocenicus Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. †Knipowitschia Iljin 1927
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†Knipowitschia suavis Schwarzhans 2014
G. †Lepidogobius Gill 1859
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†Lepidogobius gatunensis Schubert 1909
G. Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950
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†Lesueurigobius ewonguensis Schwarzhans 2013
†Lesueurigobius stironensis Lin et al. 2017
G. Lethops Hubbs 1926
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Lethops connectens Hubbs 1926
G. †Neogobius Iljin 1927
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†Neogobius udovichenkoi Bratishko et al. 2015
G. †Ortugobius Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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†Ortugobius cascus Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. †Pomatoschistus Gill 1864
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†Pomatoschistus bunyatovi Bratishko et al. 2015
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Invalid names: Gobius praeclarus Prochazka 1893 [synonym], Pomatoschistus laevis Weiler 1942 [synonym]
G. †Ponticola Iljin 1927
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†Ponticola zosimovichi Bratishko et al. 2015
G. Rhinogobiops Hubbs 1926
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G. Thorogobius Miller 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Gobiidarum nolfi, Gobiidarum vastani (71438)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) Gobiidae sp. (202251)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Gobiidae indet. (164389)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Indonesia (Java) Gobiidae indet. (202252)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Gobiidae indet. (75638)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Saga) Ortugobius cascus, Gymnogobius oligocenicus (204551)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Lesueurigobius sp. (187351)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Lesueurigobius sp. (184477 187352)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Lesueurigobius sp. (219194) Lesueurigobius sp., Gobiidarum sp. (152695)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Lesueurigobius sp., Gobius geniporus (219195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Aegean) Gobiidae indet. (207609)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India Acentrogobius matsya, Acentrogobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Gobiodon burdigalicus (230225)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Aboma antiqua (186018)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Gobius atlanticus, Gobius gracilis, Lepidogobius gatunensis (222553)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Indonesia Gobius vicinalis (223638)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Indonesia (Aceh) Gobius vicinalis (223639) Gobius vicinalis, Gobius obliquus (223637)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius telleri (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Acentrogobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius sp., Gobiidarum sp. (220043) Acentrogobius sp., Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius sp., Gobiidarum sp. (220042) Deltentosteus sp., Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius sp., Gobius geniporus (219196)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) Gobius jarosi (222391)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Deltentosteus sp., Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius sp. (219197)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Gobius sp. (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gobius helvetiae (48325)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Gobiidae indet. (205187)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Switzerland (Aargau) Gobius brevis, Gobius gregori, Gobius helvetiae, Gobius longus, Gobius sp. (201975)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Lower Saxony) Gobius laevis (161965)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Romania Gobius crenelatus, Gobius dorsolobatus (222591) Gobius pretiosus, Gobius triangularis (222593) Gobius vicinalis, Gobius tenuis (222592)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Knipowitschia suavis, Neogobius udovichenkoi, Pomatoschistus bunyatovi, Ponticola zosimovichi (174760)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Caffrogobius tutus (219370) Lesueurigobius ewonguensis (219371)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Gobius vicinalis, Gobius praetiosus (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Deltentosteus teilen, Gobius multipinnatus, Lesueurigobius vicinalis (161993 161995) Deltentosteus teileri, Gobius multipinnatus, Lesueurigobius vicinalis (161994)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Gobius latiformis, Gobius helvetiae (46277 53572)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Gobiidae indet. (175587)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade) Gobius tenuis (222229)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Russian Federation (Goryachii) Pomatoschistus sp. (211239)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Deltentosteus sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Pomatoschistus sp. (207587)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Gobius sp. (206345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Tuscany) Gobiidae indet. (190848)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Deltentosteus sp., Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Lesueurigobius stironensis, Gobius weileri (78437) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius guerini, Gobius paganellus, Gobius brioche, Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii (178120) Gobius bicornutus, Gobiidae indet. (70491)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Gobiidae indet. (24237 136016 145519 145520 145521 145523)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Gobius bicornuta, Lesueurigobius sp. (207593)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany Gobius praetiosus (223566)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Gobiidae indet. (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Neogobius sp. (174455)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Gobius xiphurus (186582)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Gobius ehramanni, Gobius xiphurus (210628) Gobius ehrmanni, Gobius xiphurus (186581) Gobius guerini, Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius vicinalis, Gobius niger (222139)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Lesueurigobius sp. (172914 172916 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Pomatoschistus sp. (207591)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Gobius ignotus (210236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Gobius ignotus (210239 210248 210254) Gobius meneghini (186577) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Gobiidarum weileri, Gobius niger (220507) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet. (220502) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius sp., Gobius truncatus, Gobius niger (220504) Gobius neneghini (210231) Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Gobiidarum weileri, Gobius truncatus (220505) Gobius sp., Gobius truncatus (220508)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Gobius brivesi, Gobius anthonyi, Gobius aidouri, Gobius ehrmanni, Gobius xiphurus, Gobius razelaini (59256)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Gobiidae indet. (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Gobius truncatus (223704) Pomatoschistus telleri, Gobius truncatus (223703)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Crete) Gobius sp., Gobius vicinalis (207582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Lesueurigobius suerii, Lesueurigobius sp., Pomatoschistus marmoratus, Thorogobius sp., Gobius geniporus, Chromogobius zebratus, Gobius bucchichi, Gobius cobitis, Gobius couchi (207769)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece (Zakynthos) Gobius sp. (223917)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Deltentosteus sp., Gobius sp. (96742)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Gobiidae indet. (186673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Gobiidarum sp. (219158)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Gobiidarum modestus, Gobiidarum sp. (59003)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Gobius sp. (145683)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece (Crete) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Lesueurigobius suerii, Gobius niger (207357) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp., Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii (207359) Lesueurigobius suerii (207303)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Lepidogobius lepidus (219849)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece (Rhodes) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi (207579) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Gobius geniporus, Chromogobius zebratus, Gobius cobitis (207580) Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii (207581)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius sp. (207576)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Lesueurigobius suerii, Pomatoschistus sp., Gobius niger (207571) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Pomatoschistus sp. (207569)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp. 1, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sueri (159378)
Gelasian - Ionian2.588 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius sp. (207577)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Gobiopterus semivestitus (219633)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Azerbaijan Gobius multipinnatus (59668)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sueri, Gobiidarum weileri, Gobius niger (159140) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius sueri, Lesueurigobius friesii, Gobius niger (159288)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius suerii (207570) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Pomatoschistus sp., Gobius niger (207568)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Gobiidae indet. (222408)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Gobiopterus semivestitus (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Gobiidae indet. (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepidogobius lepidus (59063 190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Gobiidae indet. (161932)