Gobio

Gobio
Gobio gobio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Gobio
G. Cuvier, 1816
Species

See text.

Gobio is the genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm.

Species

There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus: [1][2]

Many species previously in Gobio are now placed in the sister genus Romanogobio (18 members in FishBase).

Sources

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gobio in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. 1 2 Turan, D., Ekmekci, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012): Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3257: 56–65.
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