Gobiiformes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Gobiiformes Bleeker, 1859 |
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Gobiiformes /ˈɡoʊbi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/ (meaning "goby-like") is an order of percomorph fish containing three suborders: Apogonoidei, Trichonotoidei, and Gobioidei.[1] The order was formerly defined as containing only the gobies (now placed within the Gobioidei).[2] However, more recent taxonomic treatments also place their close relatives (the cardinalfishes, nurseryfishes, and sand-divers) with them, based on phylogenetic studies that unexpectedly found a close relationship between these groups.[1][3] The Gobioidei are the most speciose clade of the family.[4]
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Despite the differing appearances of members of this group, all share the trait of adhesive eggs with elaborate structures. Many species within this group also display elaborate forms of parental care by the male.[5]
Gobiiforms are a relatively basal clade of the percomorphs, with only the ophidiiforms and batrachoidiforms being more basal. They are estimated to have diverged from the rest of the group during the early-to-mid Cretaceous (about 120 million years ago), and the first presumed fossils of the family are of apogonid otoliths from the Maastrichtian. This suggests that all three suborders within the group had diverged during the Late Cretaceous.[3][5] However, much of the order's modern diversity, especially within the gobioids, appears to have evolved relatively recently.[6]
Taxonomy
[edit]The following taxonomy is followed by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:[1]
- Order Gobiiformes
- Suborder Apogonoidei
- Family Kurtidae Bleeker, 1859 (nurseryfishes)
- Family Apogonidae Günther, 1859 (cardinalfishes)
- Suborder Trichonotoidei
- Family Trichonotidae Günther, 1861 (sand-divers)
- Suborder Gobioidei
- Family Rhyacichthyidae Jordan, 1905 (loach gobies)
- Family Odontobutidae Hoese & Gill, 1993 (Asian freshwater sleepers)
- Family Eleotridae Bonaparte, 1835 (sleepers)
- Family Xenisthmidae Miller, 1973 (collared wrigglers)
- Family Oxudercidae Günther, 1861 (mudskippers and allies)
- Family Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 (gobies)
- Family Thalasseleotrididae Gill & Mooi, 2012 (ocean sleepers)
- Suborder Apogonoidei
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ^ a b Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X.
- ^ "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Genera/Species by Family/Subfamily". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ a b Thacker, Christine E.; Near, Thomas J. (2025-03-13). "Phylogeny, biology, and evolution of acanthopterygian fish clades". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. doi:10.1007/s11160-025-09935-w. ISSN 1573-5184.
- ^ McCraney, W. Tyler; Thacker, Christine E.; Faircloth, Brant C.; Harrington, Richard C.; Near, Thomas J.; Alfaro, Michael E. (2025-06-01). "Explosion of goby fish diversity at the Eocene-Oligocene transition". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 207: 108342. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108342. ISSN 1055-7903.