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ERMS taxon details

Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816

AphiaID

125537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125537)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Gobiiformes

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Subfamily Benthophilinae
Subfamily Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816
1. Genus Aphia Risso, 1827
2. Genus Babka Iljin, 1927
3. Genus Benthophiloides Beling & Iljin, 1927
4. Genus Benthophilus Eichwald, 1831
5. Genus Buenia Iljin, 1930
6. Genus Caspiosoma Iljin, 1927
7. Genus Chromogobius de Buen, 1930
8. Genus Corcyrogobius Miller, 1972
9. Genus Coryogalops Smith, 1958
10. Genus Crystallogobius Gill, 1863
11. Genus Deltentosteus Gill, 1863
12. Genus Didogobius Miller, 1966
13. Genus Gammogobius Bath, 1971
14. Genus Gobius Linnaeus, 1758
15. Genus Gobiusculus Duncker, 1928
16. Genus Lebetus Winther, 1877
17. Genus Lesueurigobius Whitley, 1950
18. Genus Mauligobius Miller, 1984
19. Genus Mesogobius Bleeker, 1874
20. Genus Millerigobius Bath, 1973
21. Genus Neogobius Iljin, 1927
22. Genus Odondebuenia de Buen, 1930
23. Genus Pomatoschistus Gill, 1863
24. Genus Ponticola Iljin, 1927
25. Genus Proterorhinus Smitt, 1900
26. Genus Pseudaphya Iljin, 1930
27. Genus Silhouettea Smith, 1959
28. Genus Speleogobius Zander & Jelinek, 1976
29. Genus Thorogobius Miller, 1969
30. Genus Vanneaugobius Brownell, 1978
31. Genus Zebrus de Buen, 1930
32. Genus Zosterisessor Whitley, 1935
Subfamily Gobionellinae Bleeker, 1874
1. Genus Awaous Valenciennes, 1837
2. Genus Knipowitschia Iljin, 1927
3. Genus Ninnigobius Whitley, 1951
4. Genus Oxyurichthys Bleeker, 1857
5. Genus Redigobius Herre, 1927
6. Genus Tridentiger Gill, 1859
7. Genus Awaous Steindachner, 1860 accepted as Awaous Valenciennes, 1837 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125537 on 2025-04-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125537 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-06-30 09:12:51Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]