Steven's goby
Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974
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.
Steven's Goby (Gobius gasteveni) in Spain
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Open encyclopedia reference
Gobius gasteveni, Steven's goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it is known to occur in the Irish Sea as far north as the Isle of Man, the western part of the English Channel south as far as Madeira and the Canary Islands. It can be found in areas with substrates of muddy sand with coarser deposits at depths of from 35 to 270 metres (115 to 886 ft). This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL. The common name and the specific name both honour the British ichthyologist G. A. Steven BSc FRSE (1901–1958), of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, who worked extensively on the fish fauna of the English Channel and who identified this species as being new to that area.
Wikipedia contributors, Steven's goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:34:01.708372+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974
- Name authority
- Miller, 1974
- Common name
- Steven's 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 gasteveni Miller, 1974
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 |
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.
- Miller, P. J. (1974). A new species of Gobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the western English Channel, with a key to related species in the British and Irish fauna. J. Zool. (Lond.), 174 (4): 467–480. Pl. 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1974.tb03172.x 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:6KN8S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.