Gobius

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 25 recognized species in this genus:

Gobius ater Bellotti, 1888
Gobius ateriformis Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001
Gobius auratus A. Risso, 1810
Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814
Gobius couchi P. J. Miller & El-Tawil, 1974
Gobius cruentatus J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Gobius fallax Sarato, 1889
Gobius gasteveni P. J. Miller, 1974
Gobius geniporus Valenciennes, 1837
Gobius incognitus Kovačić & Šanda, 2016
Gobius kolombatovici Kovačić & P. J. Miller, 2000
Gobius leucomelas W. K. H. Peters, 1868
Gobius luteus Kolombatović, 1891
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas, 1814
Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius roulei F. de Buen, 1928
Gobius rubropunctatus Delais, 1951
Gobius salamansa Iglésias & Frotté, 2015
Gobius scorteccii Poll, 1961
Gobius senegambiensis Metzelaar, 1919
Gobius tetrophthalmus Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001
Gobius tropicus Osbeck, 1765
Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883
Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992
Gobius xoriguer Iglésias, Vukić & Šanda, 2021

;Synonyms

Gobius hypselosoma Bleeker, 1867; valid as Awaous aeneofuscus
Gobius koseirensis Klunzinger, 1871; valid as Favonigobius reichei
Gobius strictus Fage, 1907; valid as G. cruentatus

;Fossil species

Gobius aidouri
Gobius anthonyi
Gobius atlanticus
Gobius brivesi
Gobius bucchichi
Gobius crenelatus
Gobius dorsolobatus
Gobius ehrmanni
Gobius gracilis
Gobius ignotus
Gobius ilovajskii
Gobius jarosi
Gobius macrurus
Gobius obliquus
Gobius orientalis
Gobius preangerensis
Gobius pretiosus
Gobius razelaini
Gobius tankilensis
Gobius tenuis
Gobius triangularis
Gobius truncatus
Gobius vicinalis
Gobius weileri
''Gobius xiphurus''