tubenose goby
Proterorhinus marmoratus (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.
Marine tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus) from the Gulf of Odessa, Ukraine
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Open encyclopedia reference
Proterorhinus marmoratus is a species of gobiid fish, a tubenose goby native to the brackish water parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, near the coasts of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine and Russia. Also it is found in the Marmora Sea (Turkey). It can reach a length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in) TL.
Wikipedia contributors, Proterorhinus marmoratus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:34:01.709370+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814)
- Name authority
- (Pallas, 1814)
- Common name
- tubenose goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Proterorhinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · 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
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusProterorhinus Smitt, 1900
- speciesProterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Proterorhinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Proterorhinus nasalis (De Filippi, 1863) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Proterorhinus scythicus Vasil'eva, Levina, Podolyako, Turbanov & Levin, 2026 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Proterorhinus semipellucidus (Kessler, 1877) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Proterorhinus tataricus Freyhof & Naseka, 2008 | 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 blennioides Kessler, 1877 Kessler, 1877 | synonym |
| Gobius rubromaculatus Kriesch, 1873 Kriesch, 1873 | synonym |
| Proterorhinus marmoratus nasalis (De Filippi, 1863) (De Filippi, 1863) | synonym |
| Gobius macropterus von Nordmann, 1840 von Nordmann, 1840 | synonym |
| Gobius marmoratus Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | ambiguous synonym |
| Gobius quadricapillus Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
| Proterorhynus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814) (Pallas, 1814) | 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=126933 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.
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:4N3MC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.