Aegean gudgeon
Gobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Gobio bulgaricus. the Aegean gudgeon, is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater fish in the family Gobionidae. It is found in the Aegean basin, from the Maritsa to Aliakmon drainages in the southern Balkans, in North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and East Thrace, Turkey.
Wikipedia contributors, Gobio bulgaricus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:09:38.059422+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926
- Name authority
- Drensky, 1926
- Common name
- Aegean gudgeon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Gobionidae
- Genus
- Gobio
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyGobionidae Bleeker, 1863
- genusGobio Cuvier, 1816
- speciesGobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gobio. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobio acutipinnatus Men'shikov, 1939 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio alverniae Kottelat & Persat, 2005 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio artvinicus Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio brevicirris Fowler, 1976 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio carpathicus Vladykov, 1925 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio coriparoides Nichols, 1925 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio cynocephalus Dybowski, 1869 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio feraeensis Stephanidis, 1973 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| gudgeonGobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio gymnostethus Ladiges, 1960 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio holurus Fowler, 1976 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobio kizilirmakensis Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobio gobio bulgarica Drensky, 1926 Drensky, 1926 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Drensky, P. (1926). Neue und seltene Fische aus Bulgarien. Trudove Na Bulgarskogo Prirodoizpitatelno Druzhestvo = Travaux de La Société Bulgare Des Sciences Naturelles, 12: 121–150. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3GP7R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.