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Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Gobiidae
genus
Gobius
species
Gobius niger

Name

Synonyms
Gobius boulerot Lacepède, 1800
Gobius brittanicus Thompson, 1837
Gobius fuliginosus McCoy, 1841
Gobius gorgione Rafinesque, 1810
Gobius iozo Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius jozo Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius jozo albescens Canestrini, 1862
Gobius jozo major Kolombatovic, 1891
Gobius jozo minor Kolombatovic, 1891
Gobius jozo nigrescens Canestrini, 1862
Gobius jozo pontica Kessler, 1859
Gobius longiradiatus Risso, 1827
Gobius niger hispanicus de Buen, 1928
Gobius niger jozo Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius niger nigerrimus de Buen, 1928
Gobius punctulatus Cocco, 1884-85
Homonyms
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Gobius niger Lacepède, 1800
Common names
Babka czarna in Polish
Black Goby in English
Black goby in English
Black goby in English
Black goby in English
Burdullak i zi in Albanian
Caboz-negro in Portuguese
Chaparrudo in Spanish
Ghiozzo nero in Italian
Gobie noir in French
Gobie noire in French
Guvid negru in Romanian
Kutling in Norwegian
Mazzun in Maltese
Mazzun iswed in Maltese
Mazzun tal-hagra in Maltese
Mazzun tar-ramel in Maltese
Mustatokko in Finnish
Purillo in Spanish
Schwartzkühling in German
Schwarzgrundel in German
Schwarzgrundel in German
Schwarzgrundel in German
Smørbutte in Danish
Smørbøtte in Norwegian
Sort Kutling in Danish
Sortkutling in Danish
Svart smörbult in Swedish
Svartkutling in Norwegian
Zwarte grondel in Dutch
babka czarna in Polish
black goby in English
black goby in English
black goby in language.
black goby in English
gobi du in Welsh
gobie noir in French
gobie noir in French
komurcu kaya baligi in Turkish
melnais jurasgrundulis in Latvian
mustatokko in Finnish
sortkutling in language.
svart smörbult in Swedish
svartkutling in Nynorsk, Norwegian
svartkutling in Norwegian Bokmål
touseg dû in Breton
zwarte grondel in Dutch
zwarte grondel in Dutch
Ærni glavač in Slovenian
Μαυρογωβιός in Greek, Modern (1453-)

Bibliographic References

  1. (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 51 Revision of the entry on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology relating to the name Homarus Weber, 1795 (class Crustacea, order Decapoda) (revision of a ruling given in Opinion 104).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D, 293-308 (1956)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  8. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  9. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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