Pomatoshistus

Pomatoshistus
	Marbled sand goby (Pomatoschistus marmoratus)
Systematics
	Acanthomorphata
	Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
	Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order :	Gobies (Gobiiformes)
Family :	Oxudercidae
Genre :	Pomatoshistus
Scientific name
	Pomatoshistus
	Gill , 1864

Pomatoschistus refers to a genus of the goby-like (Gobiiformes). They are small fish that are only 3 to 10 centimeters long and are found mainly in coastal waters such as bays and estuaries of the Mediterranean , the eastern Atlantic and the Black Sea . The genus Pomatoschistus was established in 1864 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill .

Way of life

Depending on the species, sand gobies can be found in sea water as well as in brackish and fresh water up to a depth of 20 meters. Most species live on a fine sand or gravel bottom, where they are optimally camouflaged by their sand color. Occasionally they can also be found in open water, 10 to 50 centimeters above the sea floor.

species

14 species of the genus Pomatoschistus are currently known. In 2008 , the new species Pomatoschistus montenegrensis was first described in the Morača , a river in central Montenegro . Due to their uniform sand color, the species of the genus Pomatoschistus can only be distinguished from one another very poorly, if at all.

Pomatoschistus anatoliae Engin & İnnal, 2017
Pomatoschistus bathi P. J. Miller , 1982 (Bath's sand goby)
Pomatoschistus canestrinii ( AP Ninni , 1883) (black-spotted sand goby)
Pomatoschistus knerii ( Steindachner , 1861) (Kners sand goby)
Pomatoschistus lozanoi ( F. de Buen , 1923) (Lozanos sand goby)
Pomatoschistus marmoratus ( A. Risso , 1810) (Marbled sand goby)
Pomatoschistus microps ( Krøyer , 1838) (Common sand goby)
Pomatoschistus minutus ( Pallas , 1770) (sand goby)
Pomatoschistus montenegrensis P. J. Miller & Šanda , 2008
Pomatoschistus nanus Engin & Seyhan, 2017
Pomatoschistus norvegicus ( Collett , 1902) (Norwegian sand goby)
Pomatoschistus pictus ( Malm , 1865) (Colorful sand goby)
Pomatoschistus quagga ( Heckel , 1837) (Quagga goby)
Pomatoschistus tortonesei P. J. Miller, 1969 (Tortoneses sand goby)

literature

P. Louisy: Marine fish. Western Europe Mediterranean. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3844-1 .
PJ Miller: Gobiidae. In: PJP Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, E. Tortonese (Eds.): Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3, UNESCO, Paris 1986, ISBN 92-3-002309-4 , pp. 1019-1085.

Web links

Commons : Pomatoschistus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Pomatoschistus on Fishbase.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b P. Louisy: Marine fish. Western Europe Mediterranean. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3844-1 .
^ PJ Miller: Gobiidae. In PJP Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, E. Tortonese (Eds.): Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3, UNESCO, Paris 1986, ISBN 92-3-002309-4 , pp. 1019-1085.
^ ^A ^b P. J. Miller, R. Šanda: A new West Balkanian sand-goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae). In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 2008, pp. 259-270.

[Louisy-1] P. Louisy: Marine fish. Western Europe Mediterranean. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3844-1 .

[Miller-2] PJ Miller: Gobiidae. In PJP Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, E. Tortonese (Eds.): Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3, UNESCO, Paris 1986, ISBN 92-3-002309-4 , pp. 1019-1085.

[Miller&Šanda-3] A ^b P. J. Miller, R. Šanda: A new West Balkanian sand-goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae). In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 2008, pp. 259-270.