Species that contain: Gobius and niger [ 20 ] records

aterrimus, Gobius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:18 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Questionable synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:111 [ref. 37117]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

boulerot, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:536, 552 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] North Atlantic; seas of Asia. No types known. Syntypes: NRM 103 (1), 104 (1), 105 (1); ZMUU Linn. Coll. 184. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958]. Unnecessary replacement name for Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:193, 217 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

brittanicus, Gobius Thompson [W.] 1837:61 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 5 (1837) (54); ref. 4388] Galway Bay, western coast of Ireland; Corfu [Kerkira Island], Greece, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

commersoni, Gobius Schneider [J. G.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:548 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Southern Ocean, at river mouths [is Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean]. New name for Gobius niger Lacepède 1800. •Valid as Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:499 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3328 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:99 [ref. 30213], Arndt & Fricke 2019:15 [ref. 36883], Larson 2022:158 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

commersonii, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:136 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:55 [ref. 19958] as no types at MNHN. Replacement name for Gobius niger Lacepède 1800; but objectively invalid because it is itself preoccupied by Gobius commersoni Schlegel 1801. •Treated as valid as Gobius commersonii Valenciennes 1837 -- (Maugé 1986:374 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:499 [ref. 24106], Larson 2022:158 [ref. 39971]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: brackish.

fuliginosus, Gobius McCoy [F.] 1841:403 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 6 (no. 39) (art. 46); ref. 17754] Connemara, Galway County, Ireland. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

gorgione, Gobius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:35 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:30 [ref. 3595]. •Questionably a synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:935 [ref. 19376]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

hispanicus, Gobius niger forma de Buen [F.] 1928:16, Fig. 6 [Notas y résumenes, Instituto Español de Oceanografia; Ministerio de Marin. Madrid (Ser. 2) No. 27; ref. 17374] Málaga; Baleares Islands, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

jozo, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:263 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Southern Europe. Syntypes: ?NRM 9453 (1), 9454 (1). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:268-269 [ref. 20707]. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1764:65 [ref. 2788] as Gobius gozo. Species epithet misspelled jozzo by Cabrera et al. 1817:3 [ref. 17319], see Graells 1878:177 [ref. 30438]; Cuvier 1831:178 [ref. 30376]. •Valid as Gobius jozo Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies -- (Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1042 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Maugé 1986:373 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:935 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952] with question, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:132 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Ahnelt & Dorda 2004:8 [ref. 27637], Golani 2005:57 [ref. 37112], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2015:482 [ref. 33547], Golani 2021:76 [ref. 38303], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

longiradiatus, Gobius Risso [A.] 1827:286 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Probably near Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:56 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobius longiradiatus Risso 1827 -- (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

niger, Gobius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:262 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe; Asia. NRM 103. Syntypes: NRM 104 (1), 105 (1); ZMUU Linn. Coll. 184. Type catalog: Lönnberg 1896:41 [ref. 23530], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:267-268 [ref. 20707], Wheeler 1991:183, Fig. 21 [ref. 20102]. •Valid as Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:61 [ref. 39336], Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1977:340 [ref. 41065], Dor 1984:247 [ref. 29757], Miller in Whitehead et al. 1986:1042 [ref. 13677], Maugé 1986:373 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:935 [ref. 19376], Arruda 1997:104 [ref. 24952], Brito & Miller 2001:262 [ref. 25096], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:132 [ref. 26753], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Ahnelt & Dorda 2004:8 [ref. 27637], Golani 2005:57 [ref. 37112], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:182 [ref. 28369], Fricke 2007:29 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:103 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:551 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:155 [ref. 30517], Fricke 2008:53 [ref. 30182], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:64 [ref. 36649], Kovačić & Patzner 2011:186 [ref. 31737], Kottelat 2013:420 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2015:482 [ref. 33547], Kovačić & Šanda 2016:1121 [ref. 34173], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:181 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:100 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:70 [ref. 37515], Kovačić 2020:77 [ref. 37932], Kovačić et al. 2020:25 [ref. 37519], Manilo 2020:74 [ref. 37795], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Carballo et al. 2021:106 [ref. 39250], Golani 2021:76 [ref. 38303], Iglésias et al. 2021:14 [ref. 38136], Kovačić et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39014], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603], Kovačić et al. 2022: 59 [ref. 39303], Larson 2022:102 [ref. 39971], Niță et al. 2022:84 [ref. 40471], Renoult et al. 2022:150 [ref. 39288]). Current status: Valid as Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Mauritania, including Madeira and eastern Canary Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.

niger, Gobius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1800:537, 568 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] [Grand Golfe des Indes] Indian Ocean. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:57 [ref. 19958]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Based on 'Gobius totus niger ...' in manuscript description by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Lectotype selected by Kottelat (2013). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:242 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801) -- (Fricke 1999:499 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:420 [ref. 32989], Larson 2022:158 [ref. 39971]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Awaous commersoni (Schneider 1801). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

niger, Pyosicus Smith [J. L. B.] 1960:312, Fig. 13 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 18; ref. 4126] Bizana coast, Pondoland, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 176. Secondarily preoccupied in Bathygobius by Gobius nigri Günther 1861; replaced by Bathygobius smithi -- (Fricke 1999:502 [ref. 24106]). Sugiyama et al. 2000:4 [ref. 24606] do not accept the need for the replacement name smithi as nigri Günther is not a Bathygobius. •Valid as Bathygobius niger (Smith 1960) -- (Hoese 1986:782 [ref. 5670], Miller & Smith 1989:315 [ref. 25535], Sugiyama et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24606], Nakabo 2000:1219 [ref. 25182], Miller & Stefanni 2001:151 [ref. 26034], Nakabo 2002:1219 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S118 [ref. 27377], Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:52 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Bathygobius niger (Smith 1960). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius), India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

nigerrimus, Gobius niger forma de Buen [F.] 1928:18, Fig. 7 [Notas y résumenes, Instituto Español de Oceanografia; Ministerio de Marin. Madrid (Ser. 2) No. 27; ref. 17374] Porto Pi Bay, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:177 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

nigra, Gobius fluviatilis forma Kessler [K. F.] 1859:247 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 32 (no. 3); ref. 18391] Karadag, Russia. Neotype: ZIN 37261 (1 of 3, 186 mm). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Neotype designated by Pinchuk 1977 [ref. 8999]. •Synonym of Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas 1814) -- (Miller 1973:502 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:178 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 2003:S49 [ref. 28444], Neilson & Stepien 2009:96 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:493 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:73 [ref. 38603]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Neogobius fluviatilis (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nigri, Gobius Günther [A.] 1861:27 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Niger River. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1847.4.4.22 (1). •Valid as Bathygobius nigri (Günther 1861) -- (Fricke 1999:502 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Mauligobius nigri (Günther 1861) -- (Maugé 1986:375 [ref. 6218], Miller 1990:942 [ref. 19376], Harrison & Miller in Lévêque et al. 1992:812 [ref. 21590], Brito & Miller 2001:270 [ref. 25096], Harrison et al. 2007:527 [ref. 30083], Schliewen 2011:218 [ref. 31738], Wirtz et al. 2013:132 [ref. 32972], Miller & Murdy in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2840 [ref. 34618], Fermon et al. 2022:224 [ref. 39448] with question). Current status: Valid as Mauligobius nigri (Günther 1861). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea [possibly only Cape Verde Islands]. Habitat: brackish, marine.

pontica, Gobius jozo var. Kessler [K. F.] 1859:255, 256 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 32 (no. 3); ref. 18391] Odessa and coast of Crimea, Ukraine, Black Sea. Syntypes: none found at ZIN. Also in Kessler 1860:169 [ref. 18393]. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444], Parin et al. 2015:482 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:178 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

quadricapillus, Gobius Pallas [P. S.] 1814:159 [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Feodosiya [Feodosia] and Kherson, Crimea, Ukraine. No types known. •Synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Vasil'eva 2003:S44 [ref. 28444]). •Not in the genus Proterorhinus, unpublished figure seen -- (Freyhof & Naseka 2008:330 [ref. 29387]). •Synonym of Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas 1814) -- (Berg 1949:1100 [ref. 20662], Miller 1973:511 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:181 [ref. 22952], Vasil'eva 1998:145 [ref. 23591], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:72 [ref. 27853], Neilson & Stepien 2009:98 [ref. 30487], Parin et al. 2014:502 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2021:76 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas 1814). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

smithi, Bathygobius Fricke [R.] 1999:502 [ ref. 24106] Bizana coast, Pondoland, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 176. Replacement name for Pyosicus niger Smith 1960, secondarily preoccupied in Bathygobius by Gobius nigri Günther 1861 which Fricke refers to Bathygobius. •Valid as Bathygobius smithi Fricke 1999 -- (Fricke et al. 2009:100 [ref. 30213]). •Synonym of Bathygobius niger (Smith 1960) -- (Sugiyama et al. 2000:2 [ref. 24606], Parenti 2021:103 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:52 [ref. 39971]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Bathygobius niger (Smith 1960). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Gobius Otto [A. W.] 1821:7 [Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum; ref. 4987] Near Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Possible types: ZMB 2117 (1). Also described as new in Otto 1821 [ref. 3321], first publication not researched. •Questionably a synonym of Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Miller 1973:512 [ref. 6888], Kottelat 1997:181 [ref. 22952], Pinchuk et al. in Miller 2004:5 [ref. 27853]). •Questionably a synonym of Gobius niger Linnaeus 1758 -- (Miller 1973:483 [ref. 6888], Miller 1990:936 [ref. 19376], Kottelat 1997:176 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814 -- (Parenti 2021:179 [ref. 38603] with question). Current status: Synonym of Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas 1814. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.