Pomatoschistus

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Pomatoschistus
Sand Goby (P. minutus), the type species of the genus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Pomatoschistus
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Gobius minutus
Pallas, 1770
Synonyms
  • Engrauligobius Iljin, 1930
  • Iljinia de Buen, 1930
  • Ninnia de Buen, 1930
  • Ninnigobius Whitley, 1951
  • Syrrhothonus Chabanaud, 1933

Pomatoschistus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Europe, the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Species[edit]

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pomatoschistus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. ^ Semin Engin & Deniz İnnal (2017). "A new species of Pomatoschistus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Southern Anatolia". Zoology in the Middle East. 63 (4): 316–324. doi:10.1080/09397140.2017.1361187. S2CID 90904369. Abstract
  3. ^ Engin, S.; Seyhan, D. (October 2017). "A new species of Pomatoschistus (Teleostei, Gobiidae): the Mediterranean's smallest marine fish: mediterranean sea's smallest fish species". Journal of Fish Biology. 91 (4): 1208–1223. doi:10.1111/jfb.13455.