''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 h ...

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 ve ...

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 Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares t ...

''.

Species

There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Gobio acutipinnatus ''Gobio acutipinnatus'' is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater fish in the family 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 ...

'' Men'shikov, 1939 * ''

Gobio alverniae The Auvergne gudgeon (''Gobio alverniae'') is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the upper Loire, Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern F ...

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

& Persat, 2005 (Auvergne gudgeon) * ''

Gobio artvinicus ''Gobio artvinicus'' is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family 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 barb ...

'' Turan, 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 ''Gobio'' is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. Many species previously in ''Gobi ...

'' Dimovski & Grupche, 1977 * ''

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

'' 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 kn ...

'' Fowler, 1976 (Don gudgeon) * ''

Gobio bulgaricus ''Gobio bulgaricus'' is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Aegean basin, from the Maritza to Aliakmon drainages in Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hel ...

'' Drensky, 1926 * ''

Gobio carpathicus The Carpathian gudgeon (''Gobio carpathicus'') is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae. It is widespread in Europe in the Tisza system, Danube drainage in Ukraine. Freshwater demersal fish Demersal fish, also k ...

'' Vladykov, 1925 (Carpathian gudgeon) * ''

Gobio caucasicus The Colchic gudgeon (''Gobio caucasicus'') is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and ...

'' Kamensky, 1901 (Colchic gudgeon) * ''

Gobio coriparoides ''Gobio coriparoides'' is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater fish in the family 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 t ...

'' Nichols, 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'' Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 * '' Gobio kovatschevi'' Chichkoff, 1937 (Varna gudgeon) * '' Gobio krymensis'' Bănărescu &

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, 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''

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& Persat, 2005 * '' Gobio ohridanus'' S. L. Karaman, 1924 (Ohrid gudgeon) * '' Gobio rivuloides'' Nichols, 1925 * '' Gobio sakaryaensis'' Turan, 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 ''Gobio volgensis'' is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in ...

'' Vasil'eva, Mendel, Vasil'ev, Lusk & Lusková, 2008

References

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