Gobius gracilis

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Interesting Facts

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gobius cobitiformis Kessler • Gobius ekstromii Günther • Gobius minutus guitelli Le Danois • Gobius minutus major Heincke • Gobius minutus Pallas • Gobius taalmankipii Hubrecht • Gobius unipunctatus Parnell • Pomatoschistus minutus minutus (Pallas

Similar Species

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

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 280.
• A handbook of the vertebrate fauna of Yorkshire: being a catalogue of British mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes / by Wm. Eagle Clarke, and Wm. Denison Roebuck. London: Reeve, 1881. url p. 112, p. 112.
• A history of British fishes / by William Yarrell. ..; illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts. .. London: John Van Voorst. .., 1836. url p. 260.
• A history of British fishes. By William Yarrell. .. London, J. Van Voorst, 1841. url p. 290.
• A history of Scandinavian fishes / by B. Fries, C. U. Ekström and C. Sundevall; with coloured plates by W. von Wright and text illustrations. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & söner, 1892-1895. url p. 248.
• A history of the fishes of the British islands / by Jonathan Couch. London: Groombridge, 1868-1869. url p. 172.
• A manual of British vertebrate animals: or Descriptions of all the animals belonging to the classes, Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, and Pisces, which have been hitherto observed in the British Islands: including the domesticated, natur By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns. Cambridge, Printed by J. Smith, sold by J. & J.J. Deighton; [etc., etc.]1835. url p. 387.
• A manual of marine zoology for the British Isles / by Philip Henry Gosse London: J. Van Voorst, 1855-1856 url p. 183.
• An introduction to the natural history of fishes: being the article "Ichthyology, " from. .. the Encyclopædia Britannica / by James Wilson. 1838 Edinburgh, etc.: Adam and Charles Black, [et al.]1838. url list of british fishes, page 7.
• Annals of natural history. London, R. and J.E. Taylor, url p. 28, p. 28, p. 356, p. 356, p. 9.
• Bibliography of the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United states to the end of 1879. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1882. url p. 21, p. 68.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 126, p. 68.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 55, p. 78.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1861. url p. 55.
• Contributions to North American ichthyology. Based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1877-78. url p. 21, p. 68.
• Contributions towards a fauna and flora of the county of Cork, read at the meeting of the British association held at Cork in the year 1843. The Vertebrata by Dr. Harvey. The Mollusca, Crustacea and Echinodermata by J.D. Humphreys. The flora by Dr. Power. (Published by the Cuvierian society of Cork) London, J. Van Voorst, 1845. url p. 20.
• List of the specimens of the British animals in the collection of the British museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1845-55. url .
• Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. London, U.K.: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, 2001. url p. 127.
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 2249.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 134, p. 266, p. 266, p. 267, p. 267.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 9 1886 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 501.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 57, p. 57, p. 750, p. 848.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 444.
• Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6]. .. Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]1855-60. url p. 127, p. 127, p. 394.
• Supplement to the History of British fishes / by William Yarrell. London: J. Van Voorst, 1839. url p. 22.
• The Victoria history of the county of Cumberland. Westminster[A. Constable and company, limited]1901-05. url .
• The fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Williams and Norgate, 1880-1884. url , , p. 165, p. 167, p. 169.
• The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, 1896-1900. url p. 2247.
• 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. 193.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 280.
• The natural history of British fishes. Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars; [etc.]1843. url p. 252.
• The natural history of Ireland. London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-56. url , p. 116, p. 117.
• The naturalist's library. Conducted by Sir William Jardine. Edinburgh, W. H. Lizars; [etc., etc.]1833- url p. 252.

Notes

Contributors

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

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3865518
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1909405

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