Gobiosoma Explained

Gobiosoma is a genus of gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of the Americas.

Species

Several additional species were formerly included in this Gobiosoma, but these have been moved to Elacatinus and Tigrigobius. There are currently 19 recognized species in Gobiosoma, but Gobiosoma pallida is a species inquirenda:

• Gobiosoma aceras (Ginsburg, 1939) (White-margined goby) ^[1]
• Gobiosoma alfiei J. C. Joyeux & Macieira, 2015 (Alfie's goby) ^[2]
• Gobiosoma bosc (Lacépède, 1800) (Naked goby)
• Gobiosoma chiquita (O. P. Jenkins & Evermann, 1889) (Sonora goby)
• Gobiosoma ginsburgi Hildebrand & Schroeder, 1928 (Seaboard goby)
• Gobiosoma grosvenori (C. R. Robins, 1964) (Rock-cut goby)
• Gobiosoma hemigymnum (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888) (Half-naked goby) ^[2]
• Gobiosoma hildebrandi (Ginsburg, 1939)
• Gobiosoma homochroma (Ginsburg, 1939)
• Gobiosoma longipala Ginsburg, 1933 (Two-scale goby)
• Gobiosoma nudum (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (Knob-chin goby)
• Gobiosoma pallida Herre, 1934 ^[3]
• Gobiosoma paradoxum (Günther, 1861) (Paradox goby)
• Gobiosoma robustum Ginsburg, 1933 (Code goby)
• Gobiosoma schultzi (Ginsburg, 1944)
• Gobiosoma seminudum (Günther, 1861) (Silt goby) ^[1]
• Gobiosoma spes (Ginsburg, 1939) (Vermiculated goby)
• Gobiosoma spilotum (Ginsburg, 1939) (Isthmian goby)
• Gobiosoma yucatanum C. E. Dawson, 1971 (Yucatán goby)

Notes and References

1. Tornabene, L. & Van Tassell, J.L. (2014): Redescription of the goby genus Gobiosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini), with the synonymy of the genus Enypnias. Journal of Natural History, 48 (23-24): 1413-1437.
2. Van Tassell, J.L., Joyeux, J.-C., Macieira, R.M. & Tornabene, L. (2015): Status of Gobiosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of G. hemigymnum, molecular phylogeny of the genus, and key to Atlantic species. Zootaxa, 4007 (4): 451–480.
3. Keith, P., Lord, C. & Larson, H.K. (2017): Review of Schismatogobius (Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea to Samoa, with description of seven new species. Cybium, 41 (1): 45-66.