''Pomatoschistus'' is a genus of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...
native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of
Europe
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, the eastern
Atlantic Ocean
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and the
Mediterranean Sea
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.
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Pomatoschistus anatoliae''
Engin & Innal, 2017[ Abstract]
* ''
Pomatoschistus bathi''
P. J. Miller, 1982 (Bath's goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus canestrinii''
( A. P. Ninni, 1883) (Canestrini's goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus knerii''
( Steindachner, 1861) (Kner's goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus lozanoi''
( F. de Buen, 1923) (Lozano's goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus marmoratus
''Pomatoschistus marmoratus'', the marbled goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay down around the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is also found in th ...
''
( A. Risso, 1810) (Marbled goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus microps''
( Krøyer, 1838) (Common goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus minutus''
(Pallas
Pallas may refer to:
Astronomy
* 2 Pallas asteroid
** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas
* Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon
Mythology
* Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena
* Pa ...
, 1770) (Sand goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus montenegrensis''
P. J. Miller & Šanda, 2008
* ''
Pomatoschistus norvegicus''
( Collett, 1902) (Norway goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus pictus''
(Malm
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, 1865) (Painted goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus quagga''
( Heckel, 1837) (Quagga goby)
* ''
Pomatoschistus tortonesei''
P. J. Miller, 1969 (Tortonese's goby)
References
Gobiinae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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