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Gobioidei

(Suborder)

Overview

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Gobioidei is a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish. The suborder includes the gobies.

Taxonomy

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The Suborder Gobioidei is a member of the Order Perciformes. Here is the complete "parentage" of Gobioidei:

The Suborder Gobioidei is further organized into finer groupings including:

Families

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Eleotridae

Sleeper gobies are members of the Eleotridae fish family, found predominantly in the tropical Indo-Pacific. There are approximately 35 genera and 150 species. While many eleotrids pass through a planktonic stage in the sea and some spend their entire lives in the sea, as adults the majority live in freshwater streams and brackish waters. They are especially important as predators in the freshwater stream ecosystems on oceanic islands such as New Zealand and Hawai'i that otherwise lack the predatory fish families typical of nearby continents, such as catfish. Anatomically they are similar to the gobies (Gobiidae), though unlike the majority of gobies, they do not have a pelvic sucker. [more]

Gobiidae

The gobies form the family Gobiidae, which is one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm (4 in) in length. Gobies include some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, like species of the genera Trimmatom nanus and Pandaka pygmaea, which are under 1 cm (3/8 in) long when fully grown. There are some large gobies, such as some species of the genera or Periophthalmodon, that can reach over 30 cm (1 ft) in length, but that is exceptional. Although few are important as food for humans, they are of great significance as prey species for commercially important fish like cod, haddock, sea bass, and flatfish. Several gobies are also of interest as aquarium fish, such as the bumblebee gobies of the genus Brachygobius. [more]

Kraemeriidae

The sand darters, family Kraemeriidae, are a small family of fishes containing eight species in two genera in the order Perciformes. Sand darters live in sandy shallow pools. They are found among coral. In breeding coloration the male fish has an occelated spot at the rear of the first dorsal fin. [more]

Microdesmidae

Wormfishes are a family, Microdesmidae, of goby-like fishes in the order Perciformes. [more]

Odontobutidae

Freshwater sleepers (Odontobutidae) is a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are native to fresh water rivers flowing into the South China Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. [more]

Rhyacichthyidae

The family Rhyacichthyidae, or loach gobies is a small family of perciform fish that consists of two genera and three species. They inhabit marine and fresh water in Oceania and the eastern Pacific. [more]

Schindleriidae

Schindleria, is a genus of marine fish. It is the only genus of family Schindleriidae, among the Gobioidei of order Perciformes. The type species is S. praematura, Schindler's fish. The Schindleria species are known generically as Schindler's fishes or infantfishes. They are native to the southern Pacific Ocean, from the South China Sea to the Great Barrier Reef off eastern Australia. [more]

Xenisthmidae

Collared Wrigglers are perciform fishes in the family Xenisthmidae. They are native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, where they are mostly reef-dwelling. The species is predatory and is known to be a minor threat to humans. [more]

At least 17 species and subspecies belong to the Family Xenisthmidae.

More info about the Family Xenisthmidae may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 13:17:08