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Gobiiformes

Osteichthyes - Gobiiformes

Taxonomy
Gobiiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gobiomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Gobiida by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Gobiaria by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Gobiiformes Betancur et al.
2016Gobiiformes Nelson et al. p. 326
2019Gobiiformes van der Laan p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Gobiaria
orderGobiiformes
orderGobiiformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Fm. Gobiidae Bonaparte 1832 [goby]
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G. †Aboma Jordan and Starkes 1895
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†Aboma antiqua Jordan and Gilbert 1919
G. Acentrogobius Bleeker 1874
G. Caffrogobius Smitt 1900
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†Caffrogobius tutus Schwarzhans 2013
G. †Chromogobius de Buen 1930
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†Chromogobius quadrivittatus Steindachner 1863
†Chromogobius zebratus Miller 1971
G. Crystallogobius Gill 1863
G. Deltentosteus Gill 1863
G. †Gobiidarum Unknown
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†Gobiidarum nolfi Bajpai and Kapur 2004
†Gobiidarum talahabensis Vorstman 1927
†Gobiidarum vastani Bajpai and Kapur 2004
G. Gobiodon Bleeker 1856
G. Gobiopterus Bleeker 1874
G. Gobiosoma Girard 1858
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Gobiosoma axsmithi Ebersole et al. 2021
G. Gobius Linnaeus 1758
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†Gobius aidouri Arambourg 1927
†Gobius anthonyi Arambourg 1927
†Gobius atlanticus Weiler 1959
†Gobius brivesi Arambourg 1927
†Gobius bucchichi Steindachner 1870
Gobius cobitis Pallas 1814
†Gobius couchi Miller and El-Tawil 1974
†Gobius crenelatus Weiler 1943
†Gobius dorsolobatus Weiler 1943
†Gobius ehrmanni Arambourg 1927
†Gobius geniporus Valenciennes 1837
†Gobius gracilis Weiler 1959
†Gobius ilovajskii Bogatshov 1955
†Gobius jarosi Reichenbacher et al. 2018
†Gobius macrurus Agassiz 1835
Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758
†Gobius obliquus Frost 1925
†Gobius orientalis Vorstman 1927
†Gobius preangerensis Vorstman 1927
†Gobius pretiosus Prochazka 1893
†Gobius razelaini Arambourg 1927
†Gobius tankilensis Vorstman 1927
†Gobius tenuis Weiler 1943
†Gobius triangularis Weiler 1943
†Gobius truncatus Schwarzhans 1978
†Gobius vicinalis Koken 1891
†Gobius weileri Bauza-Rullan 1955
†Gobius xiphurus Arambourg 1927
G. †Gymnogobius Gill 1863
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†Gymnogobius oligocenicus Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. †Knipowitschia Iljin 1927
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†Knipowitschia suavis Schwarzhans 2014
G. Lepidogobius Gill 1859
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†Lepidogobius gatunensis Schubert 1909
Lepidogobius lepidus Girard 1858 [bay goby]
G. Lesueurigobius Whitley 1950
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†Lesueurigobius ewonguensis Schwarzhans 2013
†Lesueurigobius stironensis Lin et al. 2017
G. Lethops Hubbs 1926
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Lethops connectens Hubbs 1926 [halfblind goby]
G. †Neogobius Iljin 1927
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†Neogobius udovichenkoi Bratishko et al. 2015
G. †Ortugobius Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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†Ortugobius cascus Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. †Pomatoschistus Gill 1864
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†Pomatoschistus bunyatovi Bratishko et al. 2015
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Invalid names: Gobius praeclarus Prochazka 1893 [synonym], Pomatoschistus laevis Weiler 1942 [synonym]
G. †Ponticola Iljin 1927
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†Ponticola zosimovichi Bratishko et al. 2015
G. Rhinogobiops Hubbs 1926
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Rhinogobiops nicholsii Bean 1882 [bluespot goby]
G. Thorogobius Miller 1969
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Subor. Gobioidei Agassiz 1835
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Fm. Butidae Bleeker 1874 [sleeper goby]
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G. Bostrychus Lacepede 1801
G. Butis Bleeker 1856 [sleeper goby]
G. Kribia Herre 1946
G. †Lepidocottus Sauvage 1875
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†Lepidocottus aries Agassiz 1839
†Lepidocottus gracilis Laube 1901
†Lepidocottus martinii Reichenbacher and Uhlig 2002
†Lepidocottus papyraceus Agassiz 1839
†Lepidocottus schadi Weiler 1963
†Lepidocottus sectus Stinton and Kissling 1968
G. Ophiocara Gill 1863
G. Oxyeleotris Bleeker 1874
G. †Carlomonnius Bannikov and Carnevale 2016
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†Carlomonnius quasigobius Bannikov and Carnevale 2016
Fm. Eleotridae Bonaparte 1835
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G. †Eleotridarum Unknown
G. †Pirskenius Obrhelová 1961
Invalid names: Pirskeniidae Obrhelová 1961 [synonym]
Invalid names: Gobius microcephalus Agassiz 1839 [invalid subgroup], Microdesmidae [empty]
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G. †Micropercops Fowler and Bean 1920
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†Micropercops pomahaka Schwarzhans et al. 2017
G. †Odontobutidarum Hoese and Gill 1993
G. Odontobutis Bleeker 1874
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†Odontobutis hayashitokuei Yabumoto and Zhang 2023
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G. †Simpsonigobius Dirnberger et al. 2024
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†Simpsonigobius nerimanae Dirnberger et al. 2024
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Invalid names: Trichonotidae [empty]
Invalid names: Eleotroidei [empty], Milyeringidae [empty], Odontobutoidei [empty], Rhyacichthyidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (151 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Gobiidarum nolfi, Gobiidarum vastani (71438)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Carlomonnius quasigobius (55239) Gobius microcephalus (94830)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kachchh) Gobiidae sp. (202251)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) Odontobutidarum triangularis (188954)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Gobiidae indet. (164389)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Indonesia (Java) Gobiidae indet. (202252)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Gobiidae indet. (75638) Gobius vetustus (237115)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Lepidocottus papyraceus (84793)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Gobiosoma axsmithi (89610)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan (Saga) Ortugobius cascus, Gymnogobius oligocenicus (204551)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Micropercops pomahaka (219614)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Hungary Lesueurigobius sp. (184477 187352)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Odontobutis sp. (32012)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Lepidocottus aries (113682)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Lesueurigobius sp. (219194) Lesueurigobius sp., Gobiidarum sp. (152695)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Lesueurigobius sp. (187351)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Lesueurigobius sp., Gobius geniporus (219195)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Aegean) Gobiidae indet. (207609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Türkiye (Busra) Simpsonigobius nerimanae (236754)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Gobiosoma sp. (241729)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Aboma antiqua (186018 186020)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India Acentrogobius matsya, Acentrogobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Gobiodon burdigalicus (230225)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Gobius atlanticus, Gobius gracilis, Lepidogobius gatunensis (222553)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indonesia (Aceh) Gobius vicinalis (223639) Gobius vicinalis, Gobius obliquus (223637)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indonesia Gobius vicinalis (223638)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius telleri (69098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Czechia (Moravia) Gobius jarosi (222391)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Acentrogobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius sp., Gobiidarum sp. (220043) Acentrogobius sp., Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius sp., Gobiidarum sp. (220042) Deltentosteus sp., Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius sp., Gobius geniporus (219196)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Odontobutis hayashitokuei (103101)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Gobius sp. (34615)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Deltentosteus sp., Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius sp. (219197)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Gobiidae indet. (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gobius helvetiae (48325)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) Gobius brevis, Gobius gregori, Gobius helvetiae, Gobius longus, Gobius sp. (201975)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Lower Saxony) Gobius laevis (161965)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Deltentosteus teilen, Gobius multipinnatus, Lesueurigobius vicinalis (161993 161995) Deltentosteus teileri, Gobius multipinnatus, Lesueurigobius vicinalis (161994)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) Gobius vicinalis, Gobius praetiosus (161996)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan Knipowitschia suavis, Neogobius udovichenkoi, Pomatoschistus bunyatovi, Ponticola zosimovichi (174760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Romania Gobius crenelatus, Gobius dorsolobatus (222591) Gobius pretiosus, Gobius triangularis (222593) Gobius vicinalis, Gobius tenuis (222592)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Caffrogobius tutus (219370) Lesueurigobius ewonguensis (219371)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Serbia (Belgrade) Gobius tenuis (222229)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation (Goryachii) Pomatoschistus sp. (211239)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Gobiidae indet. (175587)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Gobius helvetiae, Gobius latiformis (46277 53572)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Gobius sp. (206345)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Gobiidae indet. (24237 136016 145519 145520 145521 145523)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Deltentosteus sp., Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Lesueurigobius stironensis, Gobius weileri (78437) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius guerini, Gobius paganellus, Gobius brioche, Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii (178120) Gobius bicornutus, Gobiidae indet. (70491)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Tuscany) Gobiidae indet. (190848)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Asti) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius guerini, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii (237147) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius friesii (275778)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Deltentosteus sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Pomatoschistus sp. (207587)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Germany Gobius praetiosus (223566)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Taiwan (Taiwan) Gobiidae indet. (237145)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam Gobiidae indet. (194518 237154 237162 237176)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Gobius bicornuta, Lesueurigobius sp. (207593)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Gobiidae indet. (37789)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Neogobius sp. (174455)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Lesueurigobius sp. (172914 172916 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Gobius ignotus (210236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Gobius brivesi, Gobius anthonyi, Gobius aidouri, Gobius ehrmanni, Gobius xiphurus, Gobius razelaini (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Pomatoschistus sp. (207591)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Gobius xiphurus (186582)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Gobius ehramanni, Gobius xiphurus (210628) Gobius ehrmanni, Gobius xiphurus (186581) Gobius guerini, Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius vicinalis, Gobius niger (222139)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Gobius ignotus (210239 210248 210254) Gobius meneghini (186577) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Gobiidarum weileri, Gobius niger (220507) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet. (220502) Gobius multipinnatus, Gobius sp., Gobius truncatus, Gobius niger (220504) Gobius neneghini (210231) Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Gobiidarum weileri, Gobius truncatus (220505) Gobius sp., Gobius truncatus (220508)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Gobiidae indet. (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Taiwan) Gobiidae indet. (237150 237151) Gobiidae indet., Microdesmidae indet. (237152)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Tainan) Gobiidae indet (276046)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Gobius truncatus (223704) Pomatoschistus telleri, Gobius truncatus (223703)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Lesueurigobius suerii, Lesueurigobius sp., Pomatoschistus marmoratus, Thorogobius sp., Gobius geniporus, Chromogobius zebratus, Gobius bucchichi, Gobius cobitis, Gobius couchi (207769)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Crete) Gobius sp., Gobius vicinalis (207582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Gobiidarum sp. (219158)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Gobiidae indet. (186673)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Greece (Zakynthos) Gobius sp. (223917)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Deltentosteus sp., Gobius sp. (96742)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Gobiidarum modestus, Gobiidarum sp. (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Uttar Pradesh) Gobiidae indet. (278627)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece (Crete) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Lesueurigobius suerii, Gobius niger (207357) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp., Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii (207359) Lesueurigobius suerii (207303)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Gobius sp. (145683)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Lepidogobius lepidus (219849)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece (Rhodes) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi (207579) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Gobius geniporus, Chromogobius zebratus, Gobius cobitis (207580) Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii (207581)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius sp. (207576)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Lesueurigobius suerii, Pomatoschistus sp., Gobius niger (207571) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Pomatoschistus sp. (207569)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp. 1, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sueri (159378)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius sp. (207577)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Philippines (Rizal) Gobiidae Oxudercidae (276151)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Gobiopterus semivestitus (219633)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Azerbaijan Gobius multipinnatus (59668)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Taiwan Gobiidae indet. (275913)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sueri, Gobiidarum weileri, Gobius niger (159140) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sueri, Gobius niger (159288)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Coryphopterus nicholsi (226584) Lethops connectens (84881) Lethops connectens, Coryphopterus nicholsi (276728)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Gobius paganellus, Lesueurigobius suerii (207570) Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Pomatoschistus sp., Gobius niger (207568)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Gobiidae indet. (222408)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Gobiiformes indet., Gymnogobius heptacanthus (275914)
Haweran - Holocene0.34 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Gobiopterus semivestitus (219640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Lepidogobius lepidus (59063 190889 219031 226585)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Gobiiformes indet. (276069 276071)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Gobiidae indet. (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Gobiidae indet. (161932)