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Gobius melanostomus

(Black spotted goby)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Bulgarian:

Strogil

Common Names in Creole, French:

Gobi milet

Common Names in Danish:

Sortmundet kutling

Common Names in English:

Black spotted goby, Caspian round goby, Ginger goby, round goby

Common Names in Farsi:

Gavmahi-e-domguerd, Gel-ye Mahi Gerd, گاو ماهي

Common Names in Finnish:

Isopäätokko, Kaukasiantokko, Mustakitatokko

Common Names in French:

Gobie à taches noires, Gobie arrondie, gobie Ã taches noires

Common Names in German:

Kruglyak - Grundel, Schwarzmund-Grundel

Common Names in Greek:

Neogovios melanostomos, Νεογωβιός μελανόστομος

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Neogovios melanostomos, Νεογωβιός μελανόστομος

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

梅氏鯔鰕虎魚, 梅氏鲻鰕虎鱼, 黑口新鰕虎魚, 黑口新鰕虎鱼, 黑口鰕虎魚, 黑口鰕虎鱼

Common Names in Persian:

Gavmahi-e-domguerd, Gel-ye Mahi Gerd

Common Names in Polish:

Babka bycza, Babka kragla

Common Names in Rumanian:

Babca neagra, Guvid, Guvid de mare, Stronghil, Strunghil

Common Names in Russian:

Bychok-kruglijack, Bychok-kruglyak, Bychok-ryszyk, Bychok-ryzshik, Chornorotyj bychok, бычок-кругляк

Common Names in Spanish:

Gobio pintato

Common Names in Turkish:

Kocabaskaya baligi, Kumkayası balığı

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Class: Osteichthyes () - Huxley, 1880
        Subclass: Actinopterygii ()
        Infraclass: Actinopteri ()
        Cohort: Clupeocephala ()
        Superorder: Acanthopterygii ()
        Order: Perciformes () -
        Suborder: Gobioidei ()
        Family: Gobiidae ()
        Genus: Gobius () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Specific name: melanostomus
        Scientific name: - Gobius melanostomus

Synonyms

Mugilogobius mertoni • Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911) • Neogobius melanostomus • Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Gobius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 155 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

G. acutipennis (Pointed Fin Goby) · Oligolepis keiensis (Agulhas Goby) · G. albomaculatus (Poso Bungu) · G. anguillaris (Anguilla Eelgoby) · G. anjerensis (Anjer Eye-Bar Goby) · G. arabicus (Arabian Goby) · G. ater (Bellotti´s Goby) · G. auratus (Golden Goby) · G. barbarus (Atlantic Mudskipper) · G. bato (Gobi) · G. batrachocephalus (Knout Goby) · G. bayamonensis (Beaufort's Goby) · G. bicirrhosus (Bearded Goby) · G. bifrenatus (Bridled Goby) · G. biocellatus (Two Spot Goby) · G. boddaerti (Boddart's Goggle-Eyed Goby) · G. boleosoma (Darter Goby) · G. bonelli (Common Goby) · G. bontii (Occasional-Shrimp Goby) · G. bosc (Naked Goby) · G. brunneus (Naked-Breasted Goby) · G. bucchichi (Bucchich's Goby) · G. caeruleopunctatus (Harlequin Prawn-Goby) · G. caffer (Banded Goby) · Economidichthys pygmaeus (Canestrini's Goby) · G. caninoides (Robust Goby) · G. caspius (Hyrcanian Goby) · G. castaneus (Chestnut Goby) · G. cauerensis (Bandfin Mullet Goby) · Glossogobius giuris (Celebes Goby) · G. cephalarges (Ginger Goby) · G. chiquita (Sonora Goby) · G. chuno (Glass Goby) · G. circumspectus (Circumspect Goby) · G. citrinus (Lemon Coral Goby) · G. cobitis (Giant Goby) · G. cocosensis (Cocos Frill Goby) · G. concavifrons (Concave Goby) · G. cotticeps (Cheekscaled Frill-Goby) · G. couchi (Couch's Goby) · G. criniger (Yellowfin Toxic Goby) · G. cruentatus (Red-Mouthed Goby) · G. cryptocentrus (Ninebar Prawn-Goby) · G. cyclopterus (Cyclops Frill-Goby) · G. cyprinoides (Crested Goby) · G. dalli (Bluebanded Goby) · G. decussatus (Orange-Striped Goby) · G. dewaali (Checked Goby) · G. doriae (Durban Goby) · G. echinocephalus (Redhead Coral Goby) · G. elapoides (Serpentine Goby) · G. emblematicus (Emblem Goby) · G. ephippiatus (Leopard-Spotted Goby) · G. eurycephalus (Mushroom Goby) · G. eurystomus (Caspian Syrman Goby) · G. fallax (Sarato's Goby) · Redigobius bikolanus (Two-Spotted Goby) · G. flavimanus (Japanese River Goby) · G. flavus (Caspian Sand Goby) · G. fluviatilis pallasi (Caspian Sand Goby) · G. fontanesii (Giant Shrimp-Goby) · G. frenatus (Half-Bridled Goby) · G. friesii (Fries's Goby) · G. fuliginosus (One-Thread Goby) · G. gasteveni (Steven's Goby) · G. geniporus (Slender Goby) · G. genivittatus (Chinstripe Goby) · G. gilberti (Galapagos Blue-Banded Goby) · G. giurinus (Caspian Ratan Goby) · G. goldmanni (Goldmann's Sandy Goby) · G. griseus (Grey Goby) · G. gronovii (Portuguese Man-O'-War) · G. guamensis (Pacific River Goby) · G. gulosus (Clown Goby) · G. gymnocephalus (Nakedhead Shrimpgoby) · G. gymnotrachelus (Racer Goby) · G. hasseltii (Hasselt's Flap-Headed Goby) · G. hinsbyi (Tasmanian Orange-Spotted Sand-Goby) · G. hipoliti (Rusty Goby) · G. histrio (Blue-Spotted Coral Goby) · G. inhaca (Rusty Goby) · G. isognathus (Pupilspot Goby) · G. javanicus (Spotfin Snouted Goby) · G. jeffreysii (Jeffrey's Goby) · G. jozo (Kei Goby) · G. kessleri (Kessler's Goby) · G. lagocephalus (Rabbithead Cling-Goby) · G. lateralis (Longfinned Goby) · G. lepidus (Finescale Goby) · G. leucostictus (White-Spotted Shrimp-Goby) · G. lidwilli (Liechtenstein's Goby) · G. linearis (Crystal Goby) · G. lineatus (Southern Frillfin) · G. lota (Lucretia's Goby) · G. lyricus (Lyre Goby) · G. manglicola (Mangrove Goby) · G. melanostomus (Black Spotted Goby) · G. microdon (Palmtail Goby) · G. microlepis (Finescale Arrowfin Goby) · G. microps (Common Goby)

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Further Reading

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Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] url p. 378, p. 524.
Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 53.
Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 199, p. 429, p. 799.
Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 173, p. 192, p. 205, p. 210, p. 221, p. 242, p. 264, p. 297, p. 310, p. 33, p. 447, p. 453, p. 485, p. 545, p. 704.
Elements of Comparative Anatomy / London, 1878. url p. 556.
Elements of comparative anatomy. By Carl Gegenbaur. .. Tr. by F. Jeffrey Bell. .. The translation rev. and a preface written by E. Ray Lankester. .. London, Macmillan and Co., 1878. url p. 556.
General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 10, p. 10, p. 10, p. 11, p. 126, p. 56, p. 9.
Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. Jena, Gustav Fischer [etc.]. url p. 450, p. 524, p. 533, p. 554, p. 704, p. 706.
Journal of morphology. Boston: Ginn & Co., [1887-1924] url p. 413.
Mammals of the Soviet Union / V.G. Heptner, A.A. Nasimovich, and A.G. Bannikov; scientific editor, Robert S. Hoffmann. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation, 1988- url p. 730.
Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 334, p. 51, p. 561.
Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 31.
The fresh-water fishes of Europe; a history of their genera, species, structure, habits, and distribution. London, Cassell, 1886. url p. 61.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 155301
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4001034

Last Revised: 2012-07-28