Gobio Explained
Gobio is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm.
Many species previously in Gobio are now placed in the sister genus Romanogobio.
Species
There are currently 46 recognized species in this genus:
- Gobio acutipinnatus Men'shikov, 1939
- Gobio alverniae Kottelat & Persat, 2005 (Auvergne gudgeon)
- Gobio artvinicus Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 [1]
- Gobio balcanicus Dimovski & Grupche, 1977
- Gobio baliki Turan, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Aksu & Bektaş, 2017 [2]
- Gobio brevicirris Fowler, 1976 (Don gudgeon)
- Gobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926
- Gobio carpathicus Vladykov, 1925 (Carpathian gudgeon)
- Gobio caucasicus Kamensky, 1901 (Colchic gudgeon)
- Gobio coriparoides Nichols, 1925
- Gobio cynocephalus Dybowski, 1869 (Siberian gudgeon)
- Gobio fahrettini Turan, Kaya, Bayçelebi, Aksu & Bektaş, 2018
- Gobio feraeensis Stephanidis, 1973 (Thessaly gudgeon)
- Gobio fushunensis Y. H. Xie, Li & Xie, 2007 (Fushun gudgeon)
- Gobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gudgeon)
- Gobio gymnostethus Ladiges, 1960 (Cappadocian gudgeon)
- Gobio hettitorum Ladiges, 1960
- Gobio holurus Fowler, 1976 (Caspian gudgeon)
- Gobio huanghensis P. Q. Luo, Le & Y. Y. Chen, 1977
- Gobio insuyanus Ladiges, 1960 (Cihanbeyli gudgeon)
- Gobio intermedius Battalgil, 1944 (Eber gudgeon)
- Gobio kizilirmakensis Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 [1]
- Gobio kovatschevi Chichkoff, 1937 (Varna gudgeon)
- Gobio krymensis Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1973 (Salgir gudgeon)
- Gobio kubanicus Vasil'eva, 2004
- Gobio lepidolaemus Kessler, 1872 (Turkestan gudgeon)
- Gobio lingyuanensis T. Mori, 1934
- Gobio lozanoi Doadrio & Madeira, 2004 (Iberian gudgeon)
- Gobio macrocephalus T. Mori, 1930
- Gobio maeandricus Naseka, Erk'akan & Küçük, 2006 (Işıklı gudgeon)
- Gobio meridionalis T. Q. Xu, 1987
- Gobio microlepidotus Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir gudgeon)
- Gobio nigrescens (Keyserling, 1861) [3]
- Gobio obtusirostris Valenciennes, 1842
- Gobio occitaniae Kottelat & Persat, 2005
- Gobio ohridanus S. L. Karaman, 1924 (Ohrid gudgeon)
- Gobio rivuloides Nichols, 1925
- Gobio sakaryaensis Turan, Ekmekçi, Lusková & Mendel, 2012 (Sakarya gudgeon) [4]
- Gobio sarmaticus L. S. Berg, 1949 (Ukrainian gudgeon)
- Gobio sibiricus A. M. Nikolskii, 1936
- Gobio skadarensis S. L. Karaman, 1937 (Skadar gudgeon)
- Gobio soldatovi L. S. Berg, 1914 (Soldatov's gudgeon)
- Gobio tauricus Vasil'eva, 2005
- Gobio tchangi S. C. Li, 2015 [5]
- Gobio tungussicus Borisov, 1928
- Gobio volgensis Vasil'eva, Mendel, Vasil'ev, Lusk & Lusková, 2008
Notes and References
- Turan, D., Japoshvili, B., Aksu, İ. & Bektaş, Y. (2016): Description of two new species of the genus Gobio (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East, 62 (2): 112-124.
- Turan, D., Kaya, C. Bayçelebi, E. Aksu, I. & Bektaş, Y. (2017): Gobio baliki, a new gudgeon from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4350 (2): 284–290.
- Mousavi-Sabet, H., Ganjbakhsh, B, Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Redescription of Gobio nigrescens from the Hari River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4114: 71–80.
- Turan, D., Ekmekçi, F.G., Luskova, V. & Mendel, J. (2012): Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3257: 56–65.
- Book: Li, S. . Fishes of the Yellow River and Beyond . The Sueichan Press . 2015 . 638 . 9789578596771 .
