Gobius jarosi Reichenbacher et al. 2018 (goby)

Osteichthyes - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae

Full reference: B. Reichenbacher, R. Gregorová, Kına Holcová, R. Sanda, J. Vukice and T. Prikryl. 2018. Discovery of the oldest Gobius (Teleostei, Gobiiformes) from a marine ecosystem of Early Miocene age. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(6):493-513

Belongs to Gobius according to B. Reichenbacher et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Gobius aidouri, Gobius anthonyi, Gobius atlanticus, Gobius brivesi, Gobius bucchichi, Gobius cobitis, Gobius couchi, Gobius crenelatus, Gobius dorsolobatus, Gobius ehrmanni, Gobius geniporus, Gobius gracilis, Gobius ilovajskii, Gobius macrurus, Gobius niger, Gobius obliquus, Gobius orientalis, Gobius preangerensis, Gobius pretiosus, Gobius razelaini, Gobius tankilensis, Gobius tenuis, Gobius triangularis, Gobius truncatus, Gobius vicinalis, Gobius weileri, Gobius xiphurus

Type specimen: MZM Ge25032a, a skeleton. Its type locality is Vážany nad Litavou, which is in a Burdigalian marine shale in the Zdanice-Hustopece Formation of Czechia.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vážany nad Litavou

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