''Didogobius'' is a genus of small marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. They are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus is a compound noun made up of '' Dido'', the mythical founder and first queen of Carthage, and the Latin ''gobius'' meaning "goby".

Species

Seven recognized species are in this genus: * ''

Didogobius amicuscaridis ''Didogobius amicuscardis'' is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, where it occurs at depths from . The species was named and described by Kovačić and Schliewen in 2008. Des ...

'' Schliewen &

Kovačić Kovačić ( Serbo-Croatian, sh-Cyrl, Ковачић), alternatively spelled Kovačič in Slovene and Slovak (feminine (Slovak): Kovačičová), Kovacsics in Hungarian, or transliterated as Kovacic/Kovacich/Kovachich in English, is one of the ...

, 2008 * ''

Didogobius bentuvii Ben-Tuvia's goby (''Didogobius bentuvii'') is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Israel where it can be found on muddy sand bottoms at around a depth of . Both the specific name and the common name honour the Is ...

'' P. J. Miller, 1966 (Ben-Tuvia's goby) * ''

Didogobius helenae ''Didogobius'' is a genus of small marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. They are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus is a compound noun made up of ''Dido'', the mythical founder ...

'' Van Tassell & A. Kramer, 2014 (Helen's goby) Van Tassell, J.L. & Kramer, A. (2014): A new species of Didogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Canary Islands. ''Zootaxa, 3793 (4): 453–464.'' * ''

Didogobius kochi ''Didogobius'' is a genus of small marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the true gobies. They are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The name of the genus is a compound noun made up of ''Dido'', the mythical founder ...

'' Van Tassell, 1988 * ''

Didogobius schlieweni ''Didogobius schlieweni'' is a species of goby native to the Adriatic Sea. The specific name honours the German ichthyologist Ulrich Schliewen of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München in Munich, the collector of the type and who suggested that ...

'' P. J. Miller, 1993 * ''

Didogobius splechtnai ''Didogobius splechtnai'' is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea along the coasts of Spain and Italy where they inhabit caves with sandy substrates at depths from . This species can reach a standard length of . The specific name h ...

'' Ahnelt & Patzner, 1995 * ''

Didogobius wirtzi ''Didogobius wirtzi'' is a species of marine fish in the family Gobiidae, the gobies. It is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs at depths from . The species was first described by Kovačić and Schliewen in 2008. Description The fish grows ...

'' Schliewen &

, 2008

References

Gobiinae {{gobiidae-stub