Gobiidae
Golden goby
Gobius auratus Risso, 1810
Gobius auratus, the golden goby, is a small Mediterranean goby species sold in the aquarium trade.
Steven's Goby
Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974
Steven's goby (Gobius gasteveni) is a small eastern Atlantic goby named for British ichthyologist G. A. Steven.
Red-mouthed Goby
Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789
Gobius cruentatus, the red-mouthed goby, is an Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean goby species sometimes sold in the aquarium trade.
Giant Goby
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814, the giant goby, is a brackish intertidal rock pool fish found across parts of Europe, Africa and West Asia.
Black Goby
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius niger, the black goby, is a small fish native to shallow northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
Rock Goby
Gobius paganellus Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius paganellus, the rock goby, is a small coastal fish found across the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.
Bucchich's Goby
Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870
Bucchich's goby (Gobius bucchichi) is a Mediterranean goby species that was long confused with the similar incognito goby.
Couch's goby
Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974
Couch's goby (Gobius couchi) is a small goby species native to the northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Adriatic Seas.
Roule's Goby
Gobius roulei de Buen, 1928
Roule's goby (Gobius roulei) is a small goby native to the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, found at 320–385 m depth.
Incognito Goby
Gobius incognitus Kovačić & Sanda, 2016
Gobius incognitus, the incognito or anemone goby, is a Mediterranean goby species long confused with Bucchich's goby.
Grass Goby
Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, the grass goby, is a scaled goby species found in Mediterranean and Black Sea coastal lagoons and estuaries.
Decorated Sandgoby
Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927)
Istigobius decoratus belongs to Istigobius, a goby genus found in Indo-West Pacific coastal fresh, brackish, and marine waters.
Old Glory
Koumansetta rainfordi Whitley, 1940
Koumansetta rainfordi, the old glory or Court Jester goby, is a western Pacific goby sold in the aquarium trade.
Yellowstripe Goby
Koumansetta hectori (Smith, 1957)
Hector's goby (*Koumansetta hectori*) is a reef-dwelling goby species found in the Indo-Pacific, also sold in the aquarium trade.
Crested Goby
Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas, 1770)
Lophogobius cyprinoides, the crested goby, is a small sex-changing goby native to the western Atlantic that lives in coastal and mangrove habitats.
Blue-banded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert, 1890)
Lythrypnus dalli, the blue-banded goby, is a small Pacific reef goby with bidirectional sex change and defensive mild toxin.
Orangespotted Goby
Nes longus (Nichols, 1914)
Nes longus, the orangespotted goby, is a symbiotic Atlantic goby that shares burrows with snapping shrimp.
Pretty Lagoongoby
Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Oplopomus oplopomus, the spinecheek goby, is a small reef goby native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
Padanian Goby
Padogobius bonelli (Bonaparte, 1846)
Padanian goby Padogobius bonelli is a true goby native to rivers in parts of southern Europe, growing up to 8.6 cm TL.
Many-host Ghostgoby
Pleurosicya mossambica Smith, 1959
Pleurosicya mossambica, the Mozambique goby, is a small reef goby native to the western Indo-Pacific that lives on various host organisms.
Western Tubenose Goby
Proterorhinus semilunaris (Heckel, 1837)
Proterorhinus semilunaris, the western tubenose goby, is a small freshwater goby native to Eurasia and invasive in the Great Lakes.
Sleepy Goby
Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Psammogobius biocellatus, the sleepy goby, is a widespread Indo-Pacific goby that burrows in sandy silty substrates.
Blackeye Goby
Rhinogobiops nicholsii (Bean, 1882)
Rhinogobiops nicholsii, the blackeye goby, is a small North Pacific marine goby with variable color and protogynous reproduction.
Signal goby
Signigobius biocellatus Hoese & Allen, 1977
Signigobius biocellatus, the Twin-spot or Crab-eyed Goby, is a Western Pacific goby sold in aquariums, and the only member of its genus.
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