Overview
Family : Gobies ; Found usually in sandy areas near rocks. Occurs from intertidal areas to 106 m depth. Retreats to rocks or holes when approached. Young are found usually offshore among plankton .
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blackeye Goby, Bluespot Goby, Crested Goby, Large-Scaled Goby
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
藍點鯕塘鱧, 藍點鯕鰕虎魚, 蓝点鲯鰕虎鱼, 蓝点鲯塘鳢, 藍點鯕鰕虎魚, 藍點鯕塘鱧
Common Names in Polish:
Babka Grzebieniasta
Common Names in Spanish:
Gobio, Gobio Triste
Description
Family Gobiidae
Chiefly marine and brackish , some species are catadromous . Often the most abundant fish in freshwater on oceanic islands . Distribution: mostly tropical and subtropical areas. Pelvic fins fused into an adhesive disc , when well developed. Spinous dorsal present or absent; when present with 2-8 flexible spines and discontinuous with soft dorsal. Cycloid or ctenoid scales almost always present. Prominent head barbels present in some species. To 50 cm maximum length ; most species below 10 cm. The largest family of marine fishes (possibly > 2,000). The smallest fishes (and vertebrates ) in the world belong to this family. Mostly marine in shallow coastal waters and around coral reefs. Most are cryptic bottom dwelling carnivores of small benthic invertebrates ; others are planktivores . Some species have symbiotic relationships with invertebrates (e.g. shrimps) and others are known to remove ecto-parasites from other fishes. Typically nest spawners with non-spherical eggs guarded by the male. Many are popular aquarium fishes. The following subfamilies are recognized: Oxudercinae, Amblyopinae, Sicydiinae, Gobionellinae and Gobiinae.The family Gobiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 212 genera and 1875 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is diodontiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. This family may be found from 62° n to 45° s and 124° w to 178° e. Etymology of this family name : Latin, gobius = goby
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -148 meters (0 to -486 feet).[1]
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
()
- Family:
Gobiidae
()
- Gobies
- Genus:
Rhinogobiops
()
- (Bean, 1882)
- Specific name:
nicholsii
- (Bean, 1882)
- Scientific name: - Rhinogobiops nicholsii (Bean, 1882)
- Specific name:
nicholsii
- (Bean, 1882)
- Genus:
Rhinogobiops
(
- Family:
Gobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Coryphopterus nicholsi (Bean, 1882)
- Coryphopterus nicholsii (Bean, 1882)
- Gobius nicholsii Bean, 1882
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhinogobiops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. nicholsi · R. nicholsii (Large-Scaled Goby)
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Further Reading
- Annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended Washington: G.P.O., 1914- ENG url p. 440.
- Bhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993). Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin.
- Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti 2001. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 253. ISBN: 1-56098-985-8.
- Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 170, p. 177, p. 548.
- Hart, J.L. (1973). Pacific fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Can. Bull. 180:1-740.
- Keys to the fishes of Washington, Oregon and closely adjoining regions, by Leonard P. Schultz. Seattle, Wash., University of Washington Press, 1936. ENG url p. 122, p. 191, p. 227.
- Ogden, J.C., J.A. Yntema, and I. Clavijo (1975). An annotated list of the fishes of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Spec. Publ. No. 3.
- Ramjohn, D.D. (1999). Checklist of coastal and marine fishes of Trinidad and Tobago. Marine Fishery Analysis Unit, Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago. Fisheries Information Series 8, 151 p.
- Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 10, 2006.
- FishBase
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Matsuura, Keiichi (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2500961
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-57210
- Fishbase Species ID: 3847
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 636877
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQN15060
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 123197
Footnotes
- Mean = 62.000 meters (203.412 feet), Standard Deviation = 296.980 based on 2 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
