Pomatoschistus

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

Pomatoschistus
Sand Goby (P. minutus), the type species of the genus
Scientific classification
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

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Pomatoschistus anatoliae Engin & Innal, 2017[2]
  • Pomatoschistus bathi P. J. Miller, 1982 (Bath's goby)
  • Pomatoschistus canestrinii (A. P. Ninni, 1883) (Canestrini's goby)
  • Pomatoschistus knerii (Steindachner, 1861) (Kner's goby)
  • Pomatoschistus lozanoi (F. de Buen, 1923) (Lozano's goby)
  • Pomatoschistus marmoratus (A. Risso, 1810) (Marbled goby)
  • Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) (Common goby)
  • Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) (Sand goby)
  • Pomatoschistus montenegrensis P. J. Miller & Šanda, 2008
  • Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902) (Norway goby)
  • Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865) (Painted goby)
  • Pomatoschistus quagga (Heckel, 1837) (Quagga goby)
  • Pomatoschistus tortonesei P. J. Miller, 1969 (Tortonese's goby)

References
  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. Abstract


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