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Gobio sibiricus Nikolskii, 1936

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 sibiricus is a species of gudgeon, a small freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Gobionidae. It was endemic to Mongolia, where it is found in Ob, Yenisei and Nura drainages. A recent study has shown that this species is also found in the upper reaches of the Amu Darya in Uzbekistan.

Wikipedia contributors, Gobio sibiricus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:38:48.900234+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gobio sibiricus Nikolskii, 1936
Name authority
Nikolskii, 1936
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyGobionidae Bleeker, 1863
  12. genusGobio Cuvier, 1816
  13. speciesGobio sibiricus Nikolskii, 1936

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gobio. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gobio acutipinnatus Men'shikov, 1939GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio alverniae Kottelat & Persat, 2005GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio artvinicus Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektaş, 2016GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio brevicirris Fowler, 1976GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Aegean gudgeonGobio bulgaricus Drensky, 1926GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio carpathicus Vladykov, 1925GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio coriparoides Nichols, 1925GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio cynocephalus Dybowski, 1869GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio feraeensis Stephanidis, 1973GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
gudgeonGobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758)GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio gymnostethus Ladiges, 1960GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gobio holurus Fowler, 1976GobionidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 110 records assigned to Gobionidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Gobio gobio sibiricus Nikolskii, 1936 Nikolskii, 1936synonym

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.

  1. Nikolskii, G. V. (1936). Sur la variabilité géographique de Gobio gobio (L.) du nord-est de Kazachstan et de la Sibérie occidentale. Trudy Instituta Zoologii / Akademii Nauk SSSR, 3: 457–473. 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:6KN79. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.