Neogobius fluviatilis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Gobies .

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: Habitat :
Inshore habitats, estuaries, brackish- and fresh-water lagoons and lakes , large to medium sized rivers and streams , on sand or mud bottom . Mostly found on open sand or mud bottom. One of the most abundant fish species in lowland rivers .

Biology :
Lives up to five years. Spawns for the first time at two years. Spawns in April-July, locally until September, when temperature rises above 13°C. Individual females may repeat spawning during a season . Males have completely black body with yellow fin margins during spawning season . Adhesive eggs are deposited on stones , shells and aquatic plants . Males excavate nests under any kind of hard substrate and guard eggs until hatching . Feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates , especially molluscs . (Ref. 290010).

List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.10     Marine Neritic - Estuaries   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.4     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes   
  
•     13.5     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Freshwater Lakes   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gobius fluviatilis Nardo • Gobius fluviatilis nigra Kessler • Gobius fluviatilis Pallas, 1814 • Gobius fluviatilis pallasi • Gobius fluviatilis pallasi Berg, 1916 • Gobius sordidus Bennett • Gobius steveni Nordmann • Neogobius fluviatilis pallasi • Neogobius fluviatilis pallasi (Berg, 1916)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Pallas, P. S. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium in extenso Imperio Rossico , et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. Vol. 3. Caesarea Academie Scientiarum; Petropoli. 428pp., 1814.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 13-Aug-1998

Similar Species

Members of the genus Neogobius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. cephalargoides (Caspian Ratan Goby) · N. fluviatilis subsp. fluviatilis (Twin-Spots Sand-Goby) · N. cephalargoides (Caspian Syrman Goby) · N. caspius (Hyrcanian Goby) · N. cephalargoides (Ginger Goby) · N. cephalarges constructor (Ginger Goby) · N. eurycephalus (Mushroom Goby) · N. fluviatilis (Caspian Sand Goby) · N. fluviatilis fluviatilis (Sand Goby) · N. fluviatilis pallasi (Caspian Sand Goby) · N. gymnotrachelus (Racer Goby) · N. kessleri (Kessler´s Goby) · N. melanostomus (Caspian Round Goby) · N. pallasi (Caspian Monkey Goby) · N. platyrostris (Flatsnout Goby) · N. ratan (Caspian Ratan Goby) · N. ratan goebeli (Caspian Ratan Goby) · N. ratan ratan (Ratan Goby) · N. rhodioni (Riverine Goby) · N. syrman (Caspian Syrman Goby) · N. syrman eurystomus (Caspian Syrman Goby)

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Further Reading

• Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] url p. 459.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 228, p. 273, p. 276, p. 277, p. 280, p. 283, p. 285, p. 286, p. 290, p. 291, p. 296, p. 301, p. 34.
• Publications in zoology = Publications en zoologie. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1970-1982. url p. 21.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Neogobius fluviatilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 08, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Neogobius fluviatilis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132961
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25275
• Fishbase Species ID: 4720
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172069
• IUCN ID: 226222
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8061

Footnotes

1. Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Neogobius fluviatilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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