Gobiidae
Sign in to saveGobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the family includes some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, such as Trimmatom nanus and Pandaka pygmaea. Trimmatom nanus are under long when fully grown, while the Pandaka pygmaea standard length is , with a maximum known standard length of . Some large gobies can reach over in length, but that is exceptional. Generally, they are benthic or bottom-dwellers
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Gobies are a huge family of bony fish with over 2,000 species, most of which are small bottom-dwellers found in various aquatic environments. They're scientifically significant because the family includes some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, while also demonstrating the remarkable size diversity that can exist within a single fish family.
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20 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Subfamilies
- Benthophilinae
- Gobiinae
- Ecology and biology
- Reproduction
- Behavior
- Burrow construction
- Kleptogamy
- Sex change
- Sex determination
- Navigation
- Habitat choice
- Symbiosis
- Commercial importance
- In the aquarium
- See also
- References
- External links
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the family includes some of the smallest vertebrates in the world, such as Trimmatom nanus and Pandaka pygmaea. Trimmatom nanus are under long when fully grown, while the Pandaka pygmaea standard length is , with a maximum known standard length of . Some large gobies can reach over in length, but that is exceptional. Generally, they are benthic or bottom-dwellers. Although few are important as food fish for humans, they are of great significance as prey species for other commercially important fish such as cod, haddock, sea bass and flatfish. Several gobiids are also of interest as aquarium fish, such as the dartfish of the genus Ptereleotris. Phylogenetic relationships of gobiids have been studied using molecular data.
Fossils of gobiids date back to the Early Oligocene.