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Gobius
Taxonomy
Gobius was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant. Its type is Gobius niger.
It was assigned to Gobioidei by Agassiz (1835); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gobiidae by Arambourg (1927), Weiler (1959), Heinrich (1969), Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1979), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Böhme (2010), Lin et al. (2017), Agiadi et al. (2020), Argyriou (2022).
It was assigned to Gobioidei by Agassiz (1835); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gobiidae by Arambourg (1927), Weiler (1959), Heinrich (1969), Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1979), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984), Böhme (2010), Lin et al. (2017), Agiadi et al. (2020), Argyriou (2022).
Species
G. aidouri, G. anthonyi, G. atlanticus, G. brivesi, G. bucchichi, G. cobitis, G. couchi, G. crenelatus, G. dorsolobatus, G. ehrmanni, G. geniporus, G. gracilis, G. ilovajskii, G. jarosi, G. macrurus, G. niger (type species), G. obliquus, G. orientalis, G. preangerensis, G. pretiosus, G. razelaini, G. tankilensis, G. tenuis, G. triangularis, G. truncatus, G. vicinalis, G. weileri, G. xiphurus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2023-08-07
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Gobius Linnaeus p. 262 |
| 1835 | Gobius Agassiz p. 40ff |
| 1927 | Gobius Arambourg p. 193 |
| 1959 | Gobius Weiler p. 162 |
| 1969 | Gobius Heinrich p. 40 |
| 1978 | Gobius Schwarzhans p. 38 |
| 1979 | Gobius Steurbaut p. 75 |
| 1983 | Gobius Nolf and Steurbaut p. 186 |
| 1984 | Gobius Steurbaut p. 104 |
| 2002 | Gobius Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Gobius Böhme p. 10 fig. 5I |
| 2017 | Gobius Lin et al. p. 26 |
| 2020 | Gobius Agiadi et al. p. 782 |
| 2022 | Gobius Argyriou p. 115 |
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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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Ionian or 37.71000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (68 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | G. vetustus (237115) | |
| Aquitanian | France | G. geniporus (219195) | |
| Miocene | Mexico (Veracruz) | G. atlanticus, G. gracilis (222553) | |
| Neogene | Indonesia (Aceh) | G. vicinalis (223639) G. vicinalis, G. obliquus (223637) | |
| Neogene | Indonesia | G. vicinalis (223638) | |
| Burdigalian | France | G. sp. (220042) G. sp., G. geniporus (219196) | |
| Burdigalian | Czechia (Moravia) | G. jarosi (222391) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | G. multipinnatus, G. telleri (69098) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | G. sp. (34615) | |
| Langhian | France | G. sp. (219197) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | G. helvetiae (48325) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (Lower Saxony) | G. laevis (161965) | |
| Middle Miocene | Switzerland (Aargau) | G. brevis, G. gregori, G. helvetiae, G. longus, G. sp. (201975) | |
| Badenian | Czechia (Mikulov) | G. multipinnatus (161993 161994 161995) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | G. vicinalis, G. praetiosus (161996) | |
| Serravallian | Romania | G. crenelatus, G. dorsolobatus (222591) G. pretiosus, G. triangularis (222593) G. vicinalis, G. tenuis (222592) | |
| Sarmatian | Serbia (Belgrade) | G. tenuis (222229) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Thurgau) | G. helvetiae, G. latiformis (46277 53572) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Asti) | G. guerini, G. paganellus (237147) | |
| Tortonian | Germany (Bavaria) | G. sp. (206345) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | G. bicornutus (70491) G. guerini, G. paganellus, G. brioche (178120) G. paganellus, G. weileri (78437) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Germany | G. praetiosus (223566) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Greece (Crete) | G. bicornuta (207593) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | G. brivesi, G. anthonyi, G. aidouri, G. ehrmanni, G. xiphurus, G. razelaini (59256) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | G. xiphurus (186582) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | G. ignotus (210236) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | G. ehramanni, G. xiphurus (210628) G. ehrmanni, G. xiphurus (186581) G. guerini, G. multipinnatus, G. sp., G. niger (222139) | |
| Messinian | Italy | G. ignotus (210239 210248 210254) G. meneghini (186577) G. multipinnatus, G. paganellus, G. sp., G. niger (220507) G. multipinnatus, G. sp. (220502) G. multipinnatus, G. sp., G. truncatus, G. niger (220504) G. neneghini (210231) G. sp., G. truncatus (220505 220508) | |
| Zanclean | Greece (Crete) | G. sp., G. vicinalis (207582) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Sicily) | G. truncatus (223703 223704) | |
| Zanclean | Greece (Peloponnese) | G. paganellus, G. sp., G. geniporus, G. bucchichi, G. cobitis, G. couchi (207769) | |
| Pliocene | Greece (Zakynthos) | G. sp. (223917) | |
| Pliocene | Italy | G. sp. (96742) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | G. sp. (145683) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | G. paganellus, G. sp., G. niger (207357) G. sp., G. paganellus (207359) | |
| Gelasian | Greece (Rhodes) | G. paganellus, G. vittatus, G. sp. (207579 207581) G. paganellus, G. vittatus, G. sp., G. geniporus, G. cobitis (207580) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | G. paganellus (207569) G. paganellus, G. niger (207571) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | G. sp. 1 (159378) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | G. sp., G. niger (159140 159288) | |
| Calabrian | Azerbaijan | G. multipinnatus (59668) | |
| Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | G. niger (207568) G. paganellus (207570) |