transparent goby
Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810)
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
Aphia minuta, the transparent goby, is a species of the goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it can be found from Trondheim, Norway to Morocco. It is also found in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is a pelagic species, inhabiting inshore waters and estuaries. It can be found at depths of from the surface to 97 metres (318 ft), though it is usually found at 5 to 80 metres (16 to 262 ft), over sandy and muddy bottoms and also in eelgrass beds. This species can reach a length of 7.9 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. It is an important species to local commercial fisheries. It is currently the only known extant member of its genus. A fossil relative, †Aphia macrophthalma Schwarzhans et al., 2016 is known from the Middle Miocene of Serbia.
Wikipedia contributors, Transparent goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:01:59.212715+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Aphia minuta (Risso, 1810)
- Name authority
- (Risso, 1810)
- Common name
- transparent goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Aphia
- 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
- genusAphia Risso, 1827
- speciesAphia minuta (Risso, 1810)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobius pellucidus Nardo, 1824 Nardo, 1824 | synonym |
| Gobius stuvitzii Düben, 1845 Düben, 1845 | synonym |
| Atherina minuta Risso, 1810 Risso, 1810 | synonym |
| Brachyochirus pellucidus (Nardo, 1824) (Nardo, 1824) | synonym |
| Gobius albus Parnell, 1831-37 Parnell, 1831-37 | synonym |
| Gobius pellucidus Kessler, 1859 Kessler, 1859 | synonym |
| Argentina aphia Rafinesque, 1810 Rafinesque, 1810 | synonym |
| Brachyochirus aphya Bonaparte, 1846 Bonaparte, 1846 | synonym |
| Gobius stuwitzii Düben, 1845 Düben, 1845 | synonym |
| Aphia meridionalis Risso, 1827 Risso, 1827 | synonym |
| Aphya minuta (Risso, 1810) (Risso, 1810) | synonym |
| Aphya pellucida (Nardo, 1824) (Nardo, 1824) | 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=126868 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:FD6P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.