giant goby
Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814
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
The giant goby (Gobius cobitis) is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of 10 to 35 metres (33 to 115 ft). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries and is also popular as a game fish.
Wikipedia contributors, Giant goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:52:45.932780+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobius cobitis Pallas, 1814
- Name authority
- Pallas, 1814
- Common name
- giant goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · 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
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusGobius Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesGobius cobitis Pallas, 1814
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobius ater Bellotti, 1888 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| red-mouthed gobyGobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius geniporus Valenciennes, 1837 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius incognitus Kovačić & Šanda, 2016 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius kolombatovici Kovačić & Miller, 2000 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius rubropunctatus Delais, 1951 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius scorteccii Poll, 1961 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius senegambiensis Metzelaar, 1919 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius strictus Fage, 1907 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius tetrophthalmus Brito & Miller, 2001 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883 | GobiidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Gobius algarbiensis de Brito Capello, 1880 de Brito Capello, 1880 | synonym |
| Gobius limbatus Valenciennes, 1837 Valenciennes, 1837 | synonym |
| Gobius spilogonurus Cocco, 1885 Cocco, 1885 | synonym |
| Gobius guttatus Valenciennes, 1837 Valenciennes, 1837 | synonym |
| Macrogobius cobitis (Pallas, 1814) (Pallas, 1814) | synonym |
| Gobius exanthematosus gibbosus Ninni, 1938 Ninni, 1938 | 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.
- Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg], v. 3: i–vii + 1–428 + index (I–CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21. 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:3GPQG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.