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Gobius acutipennis

(pointed fin goby)

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Skerpstert-dikkop

Common Names in English:

barecheek goby, Longtail goby, pointed fin goby, Sharptail goby

Common Names in Japanese:

Noborihaze

Common Names in Tagalog:

Bia

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: acutipennis
        Scientific name: - Gobius acutipennis

Synonyms

Gobius acutipennis Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837 • Gobius acutipennis Valenciennes, 1837 • Oligolepis acutipennis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1837)

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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Check-list of species of fishes known from the PhilippineArchipelago, by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1910. url p. 204.
Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 41.
The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 520.
The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 191.

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: 155046
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4154025

Last Revised: 2012-07-28