Fries's goby
Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874)
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
Fries's goby (Lesueurigobius friesii) is a species of goby native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean along the coasts of Europe and northern Africa as well as the Mediterranean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. This species burrows into muddy or muddy sand substrates at depths of from 10 to 130 metres (33 to 427 ft) and is frequently found in association with the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus. This species can reach a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL. The specific name honours the Swedish zoologist Bengt Fredrik Fries (1799–1839).
Wikipedia contributors, Fries's goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:57:17.852110+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874)
- Name authority
- (Malm, 1874)
- Common name
- Fries's goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Lesueurigobius
- 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
- genusLesueurigobius Whitley, 1950
- speciesLesueurigobius friesii (Malm, 1874)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lesueurigobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lesueurigobius sanzi (de Buen, 1918) | 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 friesi Malm, 1874 Malm, 1874 | synonym |
| Gobius gracilis Fries, 1838 Fries, 1838 | ambiguous synonym |
| Lesueurigobius friesii friesii (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Lesueuria friesii (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Lesuerigobius friesii (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Gobius macrolepis Scharff, 1891 Scharff, 1891 | ambiguous synonym |
| Gobius friesii friesii Malm, 1874 Malm, 1874 | synonym |
| Lesueuria friesi friesi (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Gobius friesii Malm, 1874 Malm, 1874 | synonym |
| Lesuerigobius friesi (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Lesueuria piesii (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Lesueurigobius friesi (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | synonym |
| Lesueuria friesi (Malm, 1874) (Malm, 1874) | 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=126904 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:6PQXZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.