Gobio
Encyclopedia
Gobio is the genus of typical gudgeon
s, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. FishBase
lists 33 valid species, many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe:
Many species previously in Gobio are now placed in the sister genus Romanogobio
(18 members in FishBase).
Gudgeon (fish)
Gudgeon is a common name for a number of small freshwater fishes of the families Cyprinidae, Eleotridae or Ptereleotridae. Most gudgeons are elongate, bottom-dwelling fish, many of which live in rapids and other fast moving water....
s, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. FishBase
FishBase
FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish species . It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web...
lists 33 valid species, many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe:
- Gobio acutipinnatus Men'shikov, 1939
- Gobio alverniae KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& Persat, 2005 - Gobio battalgilae Naseka, Erk'akan & Küçük, 2006
- Gobio brevicirris FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1976 (Don gudgeon) - Gobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926
- Gobio carpathicus Vladykov, 1925 (Carpathian gudgeon)
- Gobio coriparoides NicholsJohn Treadwell NicholsJohn Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
, 1925 - Gobio cynocephalus Dybowski, 1869 (Siberian gudgeon)
- Gobio delyamurei Freyhof & Naseka, 2005
- Gobio feraeensis Stephanidis, 1973 (Thessaly gudgeon)
- Gobio fushun Y. H. Xie, Li & Xie, 2007
- Gobio gobioGobio gobioGobio gobio, or the gudgeon, is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family.This small fish is widely distributed across northern Eurasia....
(Linnaeus, 1758) (Gudgeon) - Gobio hettitorum Ladiges, 1960
- Gobio holurus FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1976 (Caspian gudgeon) - Gobio huanghensis P. Q. Luo, Le & Yi-Yu Chen, 1977
- Gobio insuyanus Ladiges, 1960
- Gobio kovatschevi Chichkoff, 1937 (Varna gudgeon)
- Gobio krymensis Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1973 (Salgir gudgeon)
- Gobio kubanicus Vasil'eva, 2004
- Gobio lingyuanensis MoriTamezo Mori, was a Japanese naturalist in Korea while it was under Japanese Rule . He taught at a prep school for Keijō Imperial University in Seoul, Korea from 1909 until he was expelled by the American forces in 1945. Primarily an ichthyologist, he published numerous works on the zoology of the Korean...
, 1934 - Gobio lozanoi Doadrio & Madeira, 2004
- Gobio macrocephalus MoriTamezo Mori, was a Japanese naturalist in Korea while it was under Japanese Rule . He taught at a prep school for Keijō Imperial University in Seoul, Korea from 1909 until he was expelled by the American forces in 1945. Primarily an ichthyologist, he published numerous works on the zoology of the Korean...
, 1930 - Gobio maeandricus Naseka, Erk'akan & Küçük, 2006
- Gobio meridionalis T. Q. Xu, 1987
- Gobio obtusirostris ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1842 - Gobio occitaniae KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& Persat, 2005 - Gobio ohridanus S. L. KaramanStanko KaramanStanko Karaman was a researcher on amphipods and isopods. Several species are named after him, for example Delamarella karamani Petkovski, 1957 , Stygophalangium karamani Oudemans, 1933 , or Macedonethes stankoi Karaman, 2003 .In 1926 he founded the Macedonian Museum of Natural...
, 1924 (Ohrid gudgeon) - Gobio rivuloides NicholsJohn Treadwell NicholsJohn Treadwell Nichols was an American ichthyologist.-Biography:Nichols was born as son of John White Treadwell Nichols in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1906 he studied vertebrate zoology at Harvard College where he graduated to Bachelor of Arts...
, 1925 - Gobio sarmaticus L. S. Berg, 1949 (Ukrainian gudgeon)
- Gobio sibiricus NikolskiiAlexander Mikhailovich NikolskyAlexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky was a Russian zoologist born in Astrakhan.From 1877 to 1881 he studied at the University of St. Petersburg, earning his doctorate several years later in 1887. From 1881 to 1891 he took part in numerous expeditions to Siberia, the Caucasus, Persia, Japan, et al. In...
, 1936 - Gobio skadarensis S. L. KaramanStanko KaramanStanko Karaman was a researcher on amphipods and isopods. Several species are named after him, for example Delamarella karamani Petkovski, 1957 , Stygophalangium karamani Oudemans, 1933 , or Macedonethes stankoi Karaman, 2003 .In 1926 he founded the Macedonian Museum of Natural...
, 1937 (Skadar gudgeon) - Gobio soldatovi L. S. Berg, 1914 (Soldatov's gudgeon)
- Gobio volgensis Vasil'eva, Mendel, Victor P. Vasil'ev, Lusk & Lusková, 2008
Many species previously in Gobio are now placed in the sister genus Romanogobio
Romanogobio
Romanogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe and Asia. There are currently 18 described species in this genus, including the extinct R...
(18 members in FishBase).
Sources
- Tang KL et al (2011): Phylogeny of the gudgeons (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Gobioninae) Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionMolecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of evolutionary biology and phylogenetics. The journal is edited by D.E. Wildman.-Indexing:The journal is indexed in:*EMBiology*Journal Citation Reports*Scopus*Web of Science...
61, 103-124.