''Gobius'' is a

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Gobiidae 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

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. It contains the typical gobies, being the

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of the formerly recognised

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Gobiinae True gobies were a subfamily, the Gobiinae, of the goby family Gobiidae, although the 5th edition of the '' Fishes of the World'' does not subdivide the Gobiidae into subfamilies. They are found in all oceans and a few rivers and lakes, but mos ...

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and the namesake genus of its order

Gobiiformes The Gobiiformes are an order of fish that includes the gobies and their relatives. The order, which was previously considered a suborder of Perciformes, is made up of about 2,211 species that are divided between seven families. Phylogenetic rel ...

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Gobius ater ''Gobius ater'', Bellotti's goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands and the Gulf of Lion to Nice and Sardinia. It occurs in shallow waters and lagoons where it prefers beds of the seagrass ''Posidonia ...

'' Bellotti, 1888 (Bellotti's goby) * '' Gobius ateriformis'' Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001 * '' Gobius auratus'' A. Risso, 1810 (Golden goby) * '' Gobius boekeri'' Ahl, 1931 * ''

Gobius bucchichi Bucchich's goby (''Gobius bucchichi'') is a species of goby native to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (at least the Adriatic and Aegean Seas) and perhaps the Black Sea. It has traditionally been considered to be more widespread, but in 2016 the si ...

'' Steindachner, 1870 (Bucchich's goby) * ''

Gobius cobitis The giant goby (''Gobius cobitis'') is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of from . This species is of minor importance to commercial fisherie ...

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, 1814 (Giant goby) * '' Gobius couchi'' P. J. Miller & El-Tawil, 1974 (Couch's goby) * '' Gobius cruentatus'' J. F. Gmelin, 1789 (Red-mouthed goby) * ''

Gobius fallax ''Gobius fallax'', or Sarato's goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the ...

'' Sarato, 1889 (Sarato's goby) * '' Gobius gasteveni'' P. J. Miller, 1974 (Steven's goby) * '' Gobius geniporus''

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, 1837 (Slender goby) * '' Gobius hypselosoma''

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Gobius incognitus'' Kovačić & Šanda, 2016Kovačić, M. & Šanda, R. (2016): A new species of ''Gobius'' (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and the redescription of ''Gobius bucchichi''. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (3): 1104-1124.'' * '' Gobius kolombatovici'' Kovačić & P. J. Miller, 2000 * '' Gobius koseirensis'' Klunzinger, 1871 * '' Gobius leucomelas'' W. K. H. Peters, 1868 * ''

Gobius niger The black goby (''Gobius niger'') is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

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(Black goby) * ''

Gobius paganellus The rock goby (''Gobius paganellus'') is a small coastal goby of eastern Atlantic waters, from Scotland to Senegal.Miller P.J. (1986) Gobiidae. In: Whitehead P.J.P., Bauchot M.-L., Hureau J.-C., Nielsen J., Tortonese E. (eds.) Fishes of the North ...

(Rock goby) * '' Gobius roulei'' F. de Buen, 1928 (Roule's goby) * '' Gobius rubropunctatus'' Delais, 1951 * '' Gobius salamansa'' Iglésias & Frotté, 2015 (Salamansa goby)Iglésias, S.P., Frotté, L. & Sellos, D.Y. (2015): ''Gobius salamansa'', a new species of goby (Gobiidae) from the Cape Verde Islands supported by a unique cephalic lateral line system and DNA barcoding. ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (3): 356-369.'' * '' Gobius scorteccii''

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, 1961 * '' Gobius senegambiensis'' Metzelaar, 1919 * '' Gobius strictus''

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, 1907 (Schmidt's goby) * '' Gobius tetrophthalmus'' Brito & P. J. Miller, 2001 * '' Gobius tropicus''

Osbeck Pehr Osbeck (1723 – 23 December 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He was born in the parish of Hålanda on Västergötland and studied at Uppsala with Carolus Linnaeus. Naturalist in Canton In 1750� ...

, 1765 * '' Gobius vittatus'' Vinciguerra, 1883 (Striped goby) * '' Gobius xanthocephalus'' Heymer &

Zander The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is a popul ...

, 1992 (Yellow-headed goby)

References

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