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Gobiesox Lacepède, 1800

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Gobiesociformes
family
Gobiesocidae
genus
Gobiesox

Name

Synonyms
Bryssophilus Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Caularchus Gill, 1862
Caulistius Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Cotylis Müller & Troschel, 1843
Gobiescox
Sicyogaster Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Homonyms
Gobiesox Lacepède, 1800
Common names
Common Clingfishes in English
common clingfishes in English
common clingfishes in English
Колбнещуки in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  8. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 2
  9. Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
  10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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