Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae Gobies
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobulus

(See list of species below)



Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)

Show family drawing(s)



4 species
(see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.8 cm SL
Gobulus birdsongi Hoese & Reader, 2001

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Gobulus birdsongi
[Fin-joined goby]

Photo by Van Tassell, J.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Gobulus crescentalis (Gilbert, 1892)

Photo by Photo by Van Tassell, J.
 
Gobulus crescentalis
[Crescent goby]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Gobulus hancocki Ginsburg, 1938

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Gobulus hancocki
[Sandtop goby]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Gobulus myersi Ginsburg, 1939

Photo by Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Gobulus myersi
[Paleback goby]


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 4

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gobulus birdsongi Fin-joined goby Eastern Central Pacific 5.8 SL 2001
Gobulus crescentalis Crescent goby Eastern Central Pacific 6 TL 1892
Gobulus hancocki Sandtop goby Eastern Central Pacific 5.5 SL 1938
Gobulus myersi Paleback goby Western Atlantic 15 TL 1939



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to
Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to
Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013