''Gobio'' is a

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of typical gudgeons,

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

in the

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Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

many of which are

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of south-eastern

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. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. Many

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previously in ''Gobio'' are now placed in the sister genus ''

Romanogobio ''Romanogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe and Asia. Species Currently, 18 described species are in this genus, including the extinct ''R. antipai'': * '' Romanogobio albipinnatus'' (Lukasch, 1933) (white-finned gudgeon) * '' R ...

''.

Species

There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gobio acutipinnatus'' Men'shikov, 1939 * '' Gobio alverniae''

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& Persat, 2005 (Auvergne gudgeon) * '' Gobio artvinicus''

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, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 Turan, D., Japoshvili, B., Aksu, İ. & Bektaş, Y. (2016): Description of two new species of the genus ''Gobio'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Black Sea coast of Turkey. ''Zoology in the Middle East, 62 (2): 112-124.'' * '' Gobio balcanicus'' Dimovski & Grupche, 1977 * ''

Gobio baliki ''Gobio'' is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae many of which are endemism, endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. Many s ...

'' Turan, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Aksu & Bektaş, 2017 Turan, D., Kaya, C. Bayçelebi, E. Aksu, I. & Bektaş, Y. (2017): Gobio baliki, a new gudgeon from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). '' Zootaxa, 4350 (2): 284–290.'' * ''

Gobio brevicirris The Don gudgeon (''Gobio brevicirris'') is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in Europe in the Don River system in Russia and Ukraine. It is a freshwater demersal fish Demersal fish, also know ...

'' Fowler, 1976 (Don gudgeon) * '' Gobio bulgaricus'' Drensky, 1926 * '' Gobio carpathicus'' Vladykov, 1925 (Carpathian gudgeon) * '' Gobio caucasicus'' Kamensky, 1901 (Colchic gudgeon) * '' Gobio coriparoides''

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, 1925 * '' Gobio cynocephalus'' Dybowski, 1869 (Siberian gudgeon) * '' Gobio fahrettini'' Turan, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Aksu & Bektaş, 2018 * '' Gobio feraeensis'' Stephanidis, 1973 (Thessaly gudgeon) * '' Gobio fushunensis'' Y. H. Xie, Li & Xie, 2007 (Fushun gudgeon) * ''

Gobio gobio ''Gobio gobio'', or the gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. This small fish is widely distributed in fresh-water streams and lakes across central and temperate Eurasia. The gudgeon inhabits various fresh-water habitats with ...

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) (Gudgeon) * '' Gobio gymnostethus'' Ladiges, 1960 (Cappadocian gudgeon) * '' Gobio hettitorum'' Ladiges, 1960 * '' Gobio holurus'' Fowler, 1976 (Caspian gudgeon) * '' Gobio huanghensis'' P. Q. Luo, Le & Y. Y. Chen, 1977 * '' Gobio insuyanus'' Ladiges, 1960 (Cihanbeyli gudgeon) * '' Gobio intermedius'' Battalgil, 1944 (Eber gudgeon) * '' Gobio kizilirmakensis''

, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 * '' Gobio kovatschevi'' Chichkoff, 1937 (Varna gudgeon) * '' Gobio krymensis'' Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1973 (Salgir gudgeon) * '' Gobio kubanicus'' Vasil'eva, 2004 * '' Gobio lepidolaemus''

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, 1872 (Turkestan gudgeon) * '' Gobio lingyuanensis'' T. Mori, 1934 * '' Gobio lozanoi'' Doadrio &

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, 2004 (Iberian gudgeon) * '' Gobio macrocephalus'' T. Mori, 1930 * '' Gobio maeandricus'' Naseka, Erk'akan & Küçük, 2006 (Işıklı gudgeon) * '' Gobio meridionalis'' T. Q. Xu, 1987 * '' Gobio microlepidotus'' Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir gudgeon) * '' Gobio nigrescens'' (Keyserling, 1861) Mousavi-Sabet, H., Ganjbakhsh, B, Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Redescription of ''Gobio nigrescens'' from the Hari River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). '' Zootaxa, 4114: 71–80.'' * '' Gobio obtusirostris''

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, 1842 * '' Gobio occitaniae''

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

& Persat, 2005 * '' Gobio ohridanus'' S. L. Karaman, 1924 (Ohrid gudgeon) * '' Gobio rivuloides''

, 1925 * '' Gobio sakaryaensis''

, Ekmekçi, Lusková & Mendel, 2012 (Sakarya gudgeon) Turan, D., Ekmekçi, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012): Description of a new species of genus ''Gobio'' from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). '' Zootaxa, 3257: 56–65.'' * '' Gobio sarmaticus'' L. S. Berg, 1949 (Ukrainian gudgeon) * '' Gobio sibiricus'' A. M. Nikolskii, 1936 * '' Gobio skadarensis'' S. L. Karaman, 1937 (Skadar gudgeon) * '' Gobio soldatovi'' L. S. Berg, 1914 (Soldatov's gudgeon) * '' Gobio tauricus'' Vasil'eva, 2005 * '' Gobio tchangi'' S. C. Li, 2015 * '' Gobio tungussicus'' Borisov, 1928 * '' Gobio volgensis'' Vasil'eva, Mendel, Vasil'ev, Lusk & Lusková, 2008

References

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