Pomatoschistus
| Pomatoschistus Temporal range: Miocene – present
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| Sand Goby (P. minutus), the type species of the genus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Pomatoschistus T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius minutus Pallas, 1770
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| Synonyms | |
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Pomatoschistus is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Europe, the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller, 1973
- Pomatoschistus anatoliae Engin & Innal, 2017[2]
- Pomatoschistus bathi P. J. Miller, 1982 (Bath's goby)
- †Pomatoschistus bunyatovi Bratishko et al. 2015 (fossil, Miocene of Kazakhstan)[3]
- Pomatoschistus flavescens (Fabricius, 1779
- 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 nanus Engin & Seyhan, 2017 [4]
- 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
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pomatoschistus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ 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
- ^ "†Pomatoschistus bunyatovi Bratishko et al. 2015 (goby)". Paleobiology Database.
- ^ 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.