Gouania pigra
(Nardo 1827)
ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
---|---|---|
Gobiesociformes | Gobiesociformes | Gobiesocidae |
Synonyms
Lepadogaster piger Nardo 1827
Gouania prototypus Nardo 1833
Gouania piger Bonaparte 1846
Leptopterygius piger Gunther 1861
Previously referred to by the informal name of Adriatic slender Gouania (Wagner et al. 2019).
Country
MediterraneanTypes
No original types are known (Eschmeyer, van der Laan and Fricke 2020).
Neotype: PMR VP3529, female, 43.12+5.03 mm (Wagner et al.2020).
Distribution
Neoype locailty: Glavotok, Krk, Croatia, 45°05'44.9"N 14°26'32.4"E (Wagner et al. 2020).
Known also from (Wagner et al. 2020):
ZSM-PIS-047648 male 37.71+4.36 mm Stara Baška, Krk, Croatia, 44°56'45.3"N 14°42'22.2"E
ZSM-PIS-047648 male 37.2+4.31 mm Stara Baška, Krk, Croatia, 44°56'45.3"N 14°42'22.2"E
ZSM-PIS-047648 female 32.58+3.94 mm Stara Baška, Krk, Croatia, 44°56'45.3"N 14°42'22.2"E
PMR VP3531 male 39.48+4.4 mm Glavotok, Krk. Croatia, 45°05'44.9"N 14°26'32.4"E
PMR VP4619 female 35.86+4.14 mm, Stoja, Pula, Croatia, 44°51'38.4"N 13°49'05.0"E
ZSM-PIS-047649, female, 35.14+4.03 mm Pećine, Rijeka, Croatia, 45°18'52.4"N 14°28'11.7"E
ZSM-PIS-047649, male, 37.07+4.51 mm Pećine, Rijeka, Croatia, 45°18'52.4"N 14°28'11.7"E
PMR VP4581, male, 38.67+4.91 mm Sv. Marina, Istria, Croatia, 45°01'42.1"N 14°09'17.4"E
PMR VP4583, male, 36.87+4.08 mm, Sv. Marina, Istria, Croatia, 45°01'42.1"N 14°09'17.4"E
Habitat
The interstitial of marine sands.
Systematics
A member of the Subfamily Lepadogastrinae together with the following genera: Apletodon (7 species), Diplecogaster (8 species), Lepadogaster (3 species), Lecanogaster (2 species) and Opeatogenys (2 species) (Briggs 1957).
Conservation Status
[NE]
Museum Holdings
As above only.
Key References
Key References
The reference list for this species contains, in addition to directly relevant sources, sources with data on other interstitial fishes, especially the Japanese and Korean species in the genus Luciogobius which seem very similar in environment, habits and morphology.
The most important sources for Gouania are:
Leray (1961) - Contribution a l'étude ostéologique de Gouania wildenowii Risso (Téléostéens) (squelette céphalique et ceintures)
Hofrichter and Patzner (2000) - Habitat and microhabitat of Mediterranean clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesociformes: Gobiesocidae)
Ellingson (2012) - Phylogenetics and phylogeography of North Pacific bay gobies: adaptive convergence, relictual endemism, and climate-driven population structure
Ellingson et al. (2014) - Convergent evolution of ecomorphological adaptations in geographically isolated Bay gobies (Teleostei: Gobionellidae) of the temperate North Pacific
Wagner et al. (2017) - Cryptic diversity in pebble beaches: Rapid speciation and convergent evolution in the genus Gouania (Gobiesocidae)
Wagner (2018) - New insights into the phylogeography and evolutionary history of two Mediterranean clingfish genera (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)
Wagner et al. (2019) - Diversification in gravel beaches: A radiation of interstitial clingfish (Gouania, Gobiesocidae) in the Mediterranean Sea
Wagner et al. (2020) - Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra
The most important sources for Luciogobius are:
Yamada et al. (2009) - Adaptive radiation of gobies in the interstitial habitats of gravel beaches accompanied by body elongation and excessive vertebral segmentation
Kondo and Kato (2019) - Life in coastal pebble sediment: Unique interstitial organism community and selective feeding on meiobenthos by interstitial fishes (Luciogobius: Gobiidae)
Shibukawa et al. (2019) - Preliminary review of earthworm gobies of the genus Luciogobius (Gobiiformes, Oxudercidae) from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (in Japanese)
References
- Risso, A. (1810)
- Nardo, G.D. (1827)
- Nardo, G.D. (1827)
- Nardo, G.D. (1833)
- Swainson, W. (1839)
- Troschel, F.H. (1860)
- Briggs, J.C. (1955)
- Leray, C. (1961)
- Peres, J.M. (1967)
- Katayama, M and Ikeda, H (1972)
- Birdsong, R.S., Murdy, E.O. and Pezold, F. (1988)
- Hofrichter, R. (1995)
- Herler, J.R.A., Patzner, A.A. and Hilgers, H. (1999)
- Patzner, R. (1999)
- Hofrichter, R. and Patzner, R.A. (2000)
- Almada, F., Henriques, M., Levy, A., Pereira, A.M., Robalo, J.I. and Almada, V.C. (2008)
- Maeda, K., Yamasaki, N., Kondo, M. and Tachihara, K. (2008)
- Yamada, T., Sugiyama, K, Tamaki, K, Kawakita, A. and Kato, M. (2009)
- Ellingson, R.A. (2012)
- Ellingson, R.A., Swift, C.C., Findley, L.T. and Jacobs, D.K. (2014)
- Bilecenoglu, M. (2015)
- Wagner, M., Bračun, S. and Koblmüller, S. (2017)
- King, C.D. (2017)
- Wagner, M. (2018)
- Mirete-Bachiller, S., Olivieri, D.N., Gambón-Deza, F. (2019)
- Wagner, M., Bračun, S., Skofitsch, G., Kovačić, M., Zogaris, S., Iglésias, S.P., Sefc, K.M. and Koblmüller, S. (2019)
- Kondo, K. and Kato, M. (2019)
- Yun, S.-M., Park, J.-M. and Han, K.-H. (2020)
- Charmpila, E.A., Wagner, M. and Reichenbacher, B. (2021)
- Wagner, M., Kovacic, M. and Koblmüller, S. (2021)
Risso, A. | Book | 1810 | Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du Département des Alpes Maritimes |
Nardo, G.D. | Journal Article | 1827 | Prodromus observationum et disquisitionum Adriaticae ichthyologiae |
Nardo, G.D. | Journal Article | 1827 | Prodromus observationum et disquisitionum ichthyologiae Adriaticae |
Nardo, G.D. | Journal Article | 1833 | Eine neue Art von Lepadogaster (L. piger) |
Swainson, W. | Book | 1839 | On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Volume 2 |
Troschel, F.H. | Journal Article | 1860 | Leptopterygius, neue Gattung der Discoboli |
Briggs, J.C. | Journal Article | 1955 | A monograph of the clingfishes (order Xenopterygii) |
Leray, C. | Journal Article | 1961 | Contribution a l'étude ostéologique de Gouania wildenowii Risso (Téléostéens) (squelette céphalique et ceintures) |
Peres, J.M. | Journal Article | 1967 | The Mediterranean benthos |
Katayama, M and Ikeda, H | Journal Article | 1972 | Luciogobius pallidus collected at Nagato-shi in Yamaguchi Prefecture |
Birdsong, R.S., Murdy, E.O. and Pezold, F. | Journal Article | 1988 | A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships. |
Hofrichter, R. | Thesis | 1995 | Taxonomie, Verbreitung und Ökologie von Schildfischen der Unterfamilie Lepadogastrinae (Gobiesocidae, Teleostei) |
Herler, J.R.A., Patzner, A.A. and Hilgers, H. | Journal Article | 1999 | Habitat selection and ecology of two speleophilic gobiid fishes (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the western Mediterranean Sea |
Patzner, R. | Journal Article | 1999 | Habitat utilization and depth distribution of small cryptobenthic fishes (Blenniidae, Gobiesocidae, Gobiidae, Tripterygiidae) in Ibiza (western Mediterranean Sea). |
Hofrichter, R. and Patzner, R.A. | Journal Article | 2000 | Habitat and microhabitat of Mediterranean clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesociformes: Gobiesocidae) |
Almada, F., Henriques, M., Levy, A., Pereira, A.M., Robalo, J.I. and Almada, V.C. | Journal Article | 2008 | Reclassification of Lepadogaster candollei based on molecular and meristic evidence with a redefinition of the genus Lepadogaster |
Maeda, K., Yamasaki, N., Kondo, M. and Tachihara, K. | Journal Article | 2008 | Occurrence and morphology of larvae and juveniles of six Luciogobius species from Aritsu Beach, Okinawa Island |
Yamada, T., Sugiyama, K, Tamaki, K, Kawakita, A. and Kato, M. | Journal Article | 2009 | Adaptive radiation of gobies in the interstitial habitats of gravel beaches accompanied by body elongation and excessive vertebral segmentation |
Ellingson, R.A. | Thesis | 2012 | Phylogenetics and phylogeography of North Pacific bay gobies: adaptive convergence, relictual endemism, and climate-driven population structure |
Ellingson, R.A., Swift, C.C., Findley, L.T. and Jacobs, D.K. | Journal Article | 2014 | Convergent evolution of ecomorphological adaptations in geographically isolated Bay gobies (Teleostei: Gobionellidae) of the temperate North Pacific |
Bilecenoglu, M. | Journal Article | 2015 | First observation of the amphibious behaviour of Gouania willdenowi (Gobiesocidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea |
Wagner, M., Bračun, S. and Koblmüller, S. | Conference Paper | 2017 | Cryptic diversity in pebble beaches: Rapid speciation and convergent evolution in the genus Gouania (Gobiesocidae) |
King, C.D. | Thesis | 2017 | Molecular phylogenetic investigation of the clingfishes (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) |
Wagner, M. | Thesis | 2018 | New insights into the phylogeography and evolutionary history of two Mediterranean clingfish genera (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae) |
Mirete-Bachiller, S., Olivieri, D.N., Gambón-Deza, F. | Journal Article | 2019 | Gouania willdenowi is a teleost fish without immunoglobulin genes |
Wagner, M., Bračun, S., Skofitsch, G., Kovačić, M., Zogaris, S., Iglésias, S.P., Sefc, K.M. and Koblmüller, S. | Journal Article | 2019 | Diversification in gravel beaches: A radiation of interstitial clingfish (Gouania, Gobiesocidae) in the Mediterranean Sea |
Kondo, K. and Kato, M. | Journal Article | 2019 | Life in coastal pebble sediment: Unique interstitial organism community and selective feeding on meiobenthos by interstitial fishes (Luciogobius: Gobiidae) |
Yun, S.-M., Park, J.-M. and Han, K.-H. | Journal Article | 2020 | Osteological development of the larvae and juvenile of Luciogobius grandis (Pisces: Gobiidae) |
Charmpila, E.A., Wagner, M. and Reichenbacher, B. | Journal Article | 2021 | First documentation of the otoliths of the species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. |
Wagner, M., Kovacic, M. and Koblmüller, S. | Journal Article | 2021 | Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. |