painted goby
Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865)
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 painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) is a small goby of Western European waters from Trondheim Fjord to Spain, the Canary Islands and is sometimes reported in the Mediterranean Sea. Also mentioned in the Black Sea. It lives at depths from 1 to 55 metres (3.3 to 180.4 ft), preferring a gravelly or sandy environment. Its young may sometimes be found in tide pools. It feeds on amphipods and copepods.
Wikipedia contributors, Painted goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:57:41.892141+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865)
- Name authority
- (Malm, 1865)
- Common name
- painted goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Pomatoschistus
- 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
- genusPomatoschistus Gill, 1863
- speciesPomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pomatoschistus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pomatoschistus bathi Miller, 1982 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomatoschistus knerii (Steindachner, 1861) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lozano's gobyPomatoschistus lozanoi (de Buen, 1923) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common gobyPomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sand gobyPomatoschistus minutus (Pallas, 1770) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Norway gobyPomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomatoschistus tortonesei Miller, 1969 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomatoschistus nanus Engin & Seyhan, 2017 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Risso, 1810) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomatoschistus montenegrensis Miller & Šanda, 2008 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pomatoschistus quagga (Heckel, 1837) | 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 pictus Malm, 1865 Malm, 1865 | synonym |
| Pomatoschistus pictus adriaticus Miller, 1973 Miller, 1973 | synonym |
| Gobius affinis Kolombatovic, 1891 Kolombatovic, 1891 | ambiguous synonym |
| Gobius rhodopterus Günther, 1861 Günther, 1861 | ambiguous synonym |
| Pomatoschistus pictus pictus (Malm, 1865) (Malm, 1865) | synonym |
| Pomatoschistus adriaticus Miller, 1973 Miller, 1973 | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126930 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:4LQXP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.