Gobio

Gobio
Gobio gobio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Gobio
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Cyprinus gobio

Gobio is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm.[1]

Many species previously in Gobio are now placed in the sister genus Romanogobio.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gobio". FishBase. January 2016 version.