Author: Vinciguerra, 1883

Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883

Diagnosis: lateral line system with sub-orbital row d in two parts, x1 ending anteriorly behind pore b; pore a behind eye on course of oculoscapular canal. Nape scaled, cheek naked. Anterior nostril with lappet. Pectoral free rays little developed. Pelvic disc deeply emarginate, anterior membrane vestigial. Caudal fin with slightly concave rear edge. Dl VI; D2 I + 11-13; A I + 11-13; P 17 (15-18). Scales in lateral series 32-36. Vertebrae 28. Colour: pale olive, with wide black band along head and body, from snout to caudal fin origin. Size: to 5.8 cm.

Habitat: offshore, 20-42 (85) m, on coralline grounds. Food: harpacticoids and other crustaceans (including plankton), polychaetes; also algae and porifera. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Gobiidae
Genus Gobius
Species Gobius vittatus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883

Synonyms:

Gobius vittatus Vinciguerra, 1883, Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, 18: 527, pl. I (fig. 4) (Isola Tavolara, Sardinia). Holotype: MSNG no. CE 12650.
Gobius vittatus: Carus, 1893: 681 de Buen, 1923: 253, fig. 67-70 Ninni, 1938: 95, 168, fig. 27, pl. Xa-b Lozano Rey, 1960: 101, 105, fig. 50-51 Soljan, 1963: 213, 385, 399 Bini, 1969, 7: 103.
Gobius (Gobius) vittatus: de Buen, 1930a: 137, fig. 10; 1931b: 52, 67.


Common name:

ghiozzo listato [It]
striped goby [En]

Buen, F. de 1923. Gobius de la Península Ibérica y Baleares. Grupos Lesueurii, Colonianus, Affinis y Minutus. Mem. Inst. esp. Oceanogr., 3 (3): pp. 121-266, 70 fig.

Buen, F. de 1930a. Sur une collection de Gobiinae provenant du Maroc. Essai de synopsis des espèces de l'Europe. Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. phys., Maroc, 10: pp. 120-147.

Buen, F. de 1931b. Notas a la familia Gobiidae. Observaciones sobre algunos generos y sinopsis de las especies ibéricas. Notas Resúm. Inst. esp. Oceanogr., 2 (54): 76 pp.

Carus, J. V. 1893. Vertebrata. 1. class. Pisces: pp. 498-711, In: Prodromus faunae Mediterraneae sive Descriptio Animalium Maris Mediterranei incolarum quam comparata silva rerum quatenus innotuit adiectis locis et nominibus vulgaribus. . . Stuttgart, 1889-1893, 2: ix+854 pp.

Lozano y Rey, L. 1960. Peces fisodistos. Tercera parte. Subseries Toracicos (Ordenes Equeneiformes y Gobiformes), Pediculados y Asimetricos. Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cienc. nat., 14: 613 pp., 173 fig., 7 pl.

Ninni, A. P. 1938. I Gobius del mari e delle acque interne d'Italia. Memorie R. Com. talassogr. ital., (242): 169 p.

Soljan, T. 1963. Fishes of the Adriatic (Ribe Jadrana). Fauna et flora adriatica 1 (revised and enlarged for the English edition), 428 pp., many unnumbered fig.

Vinciguerra, D. 1883. Resultati ittiologici delle crociere del 'Violante'. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, 18: 465-590, 3 pl.

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