A goby of the genus Rhinogobius
Goby is a common name for many species of small to medium sized ray-finned fish, normally with large heads and tapered bodies, which are found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments. Traditionally most of the species called gobies have been classified in the orderPerciformes as the suborder Gobioidei but in the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World this suborder is elevated to an order Gobiiformes within the cladePercomorpha.[1] Not all the species in the Gobiiformes are referred to as gobies and the 'true gobies' are placed in the family Gobiidae, while other species referred to as gobies have been placed in the Oxudercidae.[1]. Goby is also used to describe some species which are not classified within the order Gobiiformes, such as the engineer goby or convict blenny Pholidichthys leucotaenia.[2] The word goby derives from the Latingobius meaning 'gudgeon',[3] and some species of goby, especially the sleeper gobies in the family Eleotridae and some of the dartfishes are called 'gudgeons', especially in Australia.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ abJ. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). 'Pholidichthys leucotaenia' in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ^'Definition of 'goby''. Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^Helfman G.; Collette B. & Facey D (1997). The Diversity of Fishes. Blackwell Publishing. p. 264. ISBN0-86542-256-7.
The Yellow Watchman Goby, Cryptocentrus cinctus, is also known as the Yellow Prawn Goby. These fish come from the Western Pacific region. These fish come from the Western Pacific region. They have a bright yellow body with blue spots on the head and front part of the body.
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