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Family: Gobionidae Gudgeons



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Abbottina binhi Asia 2001
Abbottina lalinensis Asia 1995
Abbottina liaoningensis Asia 6.6 SL 1987
Abbottina obtusirostris Asia 10.9 TL 1931
Abbottina rivularis Chinese false gudgeon Asia 18.9 TL 1855
Acanthogobio guentheri Asia 20 SL 1892
Belligobio nummifer Asia 14.3 SL 1901
Belligobio pengxianensis Asia 11.5 SL 1977
Biwia springeri Asia 1973
Biwia tama Asia 1957
Biwia yodoensis Asia 2010
Biwia zezera Asia 6 TL 1895
Coreius cetopsis Asia 1867
Coreius guichenoti Asia 58.2 SL 1874
Coreius heterodon Asia 53 TL 1864
Coreius septentrionalis Asia 34 TL 1925
Coreoleuciscus aeruginos Asia 13.2 TL 2015
Coreoleuciscus splendidus Asia 15 TL 1935
Gnathopogon caerulescens Asia 1883
Gnathopogon elongatus Asia 1846
Gnathopogon herzensteini Asia 10.8 TL 1896
Gnathopogon imberbis Asia 22.1 TL 1874
Gnathopogon nicholsi Asia 7.5 SL 1943
Gnathopogon polytaenia Asia 7.6 SL 1925
Gnathopogon strigatus Manchurian gudgeon Asia 10.3 TL 1908
Gnathopogon taeniellus Asia 10 TL 1925
Gnathopogon tsinanensis Asia 10 TL 1928
Gobio acutipinnatus Asia 12.4 SL 1939
Gobio alverniae Auvergne gudgeon Europe 14.9 SL 2005
Gobio artvinicus Asia 10 SL 2016
Gobio battalgilae Eyilikler gudgeon Asia 17.2 TL 2006
Gobio brevicirris Don gudgeon Europe 10 SL 1976
Gobio bulgaricus Europe and Asia 9 SL 1926
Gobio carpathicus Carpathian gudgeon Europe 12 SL 1925
Gobio caucasicus Europe and Asia 1901
Gobio coriparoides Asia 12.4 SL 1925
Gobio cynocephalus Siberian gudgeon Asia 19 TL 1869
Gobio delyamurei Europe 10.4 SL 2005
Gobio feraeensis Thessaly gudgeon Europe 10 SL 1973
Gobio fushunensis Fushun gudgeon Asia 5.6 SL 2007
Gobio gobio Gudgeon Europe 21 TL 1758
Gobio gymnostethus Cappadocian gudgeon Asia 14.1 TL 1960
Gobio hettitorum Anatolian gudgeon Asia 15.3 TL 1960
Gobio holurus Caspian gudgeon Europe 10 SL 1976
Gobio huanghensis Asia 14.2 SL 1977
Gobio insuyanus Cihanbeyli gudgeon Asia 13.6 TL 1960
Gobio intermedius Eber gudgeon Asia 1944
Gobio kizilirmakensis Asia 11.1 SL 2016
Gobio kovatschevi Varna gudgeon Europe 10.5 TL 1937
Gobio krymensis Salgir gudgeon Europe 11 SL 1973
Gobio kubanicus Europe 9 SL 2004
Gobio lingyuanensis Asia 7.6 SL 1934
Gobio lozanoi Europe 13.5 TL 2004
Gobio macrocephalus Asia 14.2 SL 1930
Gobio maeandricus Işıklı gudgeon Asia 2006
Gobio meridionalis Asia 11.6 SL 1987
Gobio microlepidotus Beyşehir gudgeon Asia 1942
Gobio obtusirostris Europe 12.5 SL 1842
Gobio occitaniae Europe 12.7 SL 2005
Gobio ohridanus Ohrid gudgeon Europe 13 SL 1924
Gobio rivuloides Asia 14.2 SL 1925
Gobio sakaryaensis Sakarya Gudgeon Asia 11.5 SL 2012
Gobio sarmaticus Ukrainian gudgeon Europe 13 SL 1949
Gobio sibiricus Asia 1936
Gobio skadarensis Skadar gudgeon Europe 9 SL 1937
Gobio soldatovi Soldatov's gudgeon Asia 12 TL 1914
Gobio tchangi Asia 2015
Gobio volgensis Europe 9.2 SL 2008
Gobiobotia abbreviata Asia 9 TL 1931
Gobiobotia brevibarba Asia 12 TL 1935
Gobiobotia brevirostris Asia 5 SL 1977
Gobiobotia cheni Asia 10 TL 1966
Gobiobotia filifer Asia 25.5 TL 1912
Gobiobotia guilingensis Asia 9.3 SL 1989
Gobiobotia homalopteroidea Asia 10 TL 1933
Gobiobotia jiangxiensis Asia 5 TL 1995
Gobiobotia kolleri Asia 12.5 SL 1966
Gobiobotia lii Asia 5.1 SL 2022
Gobiobotia longibarba Asia 14 TL 1931
Gobiobotia macrocephala Asia 10 TL 1935
Gobiobotia meridionalis Asia 13.3 TL 1977
Gobiobotia naktongensis Asia 8 TL 1935
Gobiobotia nicholsi Asia 3.6 SL 1966
Gobiobotia pappenheimi Eightbarbel gudgeon Asia 6.3 TL 1911
Gobiobotia paucirastella Asia 4.6 SL 1986
Gobiobotia tungi Asia 13 TL 1933
Gobiobotia yuanjiangensis Asia 1977
Gobiocypris rarus Asia 5.9 SL 1983
Hemibarbus brevipennus Asia 35.1 TL 1995
Hemibarbus labeo Barbel steed Asia 67 TL 1776
Hemibarbus lehoai Asia 2001
Hemibarbus longirostris Asia 20.9 TL 1908
Hemibarbus macracanthus Asia 30 TL 1977
Hemibarbus maculatus Spotted steed Asia 47 TL 1871
Hemibarbus medius Asia 26.2 TL 1995
Hemibarbus mylodon Asia 25 TL 1907
Hemibarbus qianjiangensis Asia 58 SL 1990
Hemibarbus songloensis Asia 2001
Hemibarbus thacmoensis Asia 2001
Hemibarbus umbrifer Asia 19.5 TL 1931
Ladislavia taczanowskii Tachanovsky's gudgeon Asia 15 TL 1869
Mesogobio lachneri Asia 14.2 SL 1973
Mesogobio tumenensis Asia 15.1 SL 1980
Microphysogobio alticorpus Asia 6.3 SL 1968
Microphysogobio amurensis Amur longnose gudgeon Asia 11.5 TL 1937
Microphysogobio anudarini Asia 1969
Microphysogobio brevirostris Asia 9 TL 1868
Microphysogobio chenhsienensis Asia 15.5 SL 1938
Microphysogobio chinssuensis Asia 6.4 SL 1926
Microphysogobio elongatus Asia 7.7 SL 1977
Microphysogobio exilicauda Asia 7.1 SL 2013
Microphysogobio fukiensis Asia 11.2 TL 1926
Microphysogobio hsinglungshanensis Asia 1934
Microphysogobio jeoni Asia 11.1 TL 1999
Microphysogobio kachekensis Asia 6.7 SL 1926
Microphysogobio kiatingensis Asia 12 SL 1930
Microphysogobio koreensis Asia 12 TL 1935
Microphysogobio labeoides Asia 9.2 SL 1927
Microphysogobio liaohensis Asia 6.3 SL 1987
Microphysogobio linghensis Asia 4.8 SL 1986
Microphysogobio longidorsalis Asia 12 TL 1935
Microphysogobio luhensis Asia 6.1 SL 2018
Microphysogobio microstomus Asia 6.2 SL 1995
Microphysogobio nudiventris Asia 7.1 SL 2012
Microphysogobio pseudoelongatus Asia 8.7 SL 2001
Microphysogobio rapidus Asia 1999
Microphysogobio tafangensis Asia 9 TL 1935
Microphysogobio tungtingensis Long-nosed gudgeon Asia 11.5 SL 1926
Microphysogobio vietnamica Asia 1978
Microphysogobio wulonghensis Asia 2011
Microphysogobio xianyouensis Asia 6.1 SL 2016
Microphysogobio yaluensis Asia 10.6 TL 1928
Microphysogobio yunnanensis Asia 9.9 SL 1977
Microphysogobio zhangi Asia 7.7 SL 2017
Paracanthobrama guichenoti Asia 41.5 SL 1864
Paraleucogobio notacanthus Asia 10.5 SL 1907
Parasqualidus maii Asia 2000
Placogobio bacmeensis Asia 2001
Placogobio nahangensis Asia 2001
Platysmacheilus exiguus Asia 15.9 TL 1932
Platysmacheilus longibarbatus Asia 8.1 SL 1977
Platysmacheilus nudiventris Asia 12.7 TL 1977
Platysmacheilus zhenjiangensis Asia 2005
Pseudogobio banggiangensis Asia 2001
Pseudogobio esocinus Asia 29.2 TL 1846
Pseudogobio guilinensis Asia 20 TL 1977
Pseudogobio vaillanti Asia 20 TL 1878
Pseudopungtungia nigra Black shinner Asia 10.6 TL 1935
Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus Asia 10 TL 1980
Pseudorasbora elongata Asia 11.7 SL 1939
Pseudorasbora interrupta Asia 5.5 SL 2007
Pseudorasbora parva Stone moroko Asia 12.5 TL 1846
Pseudorasbora pugnax Asia 6.0 SL 2015
Pseudorasbora pumila Moroco Asia 8 TL 1930
Pungtungia herzi Asia 15.6 TL 1892
Pungtungia hilgendorfi Asia 1903
Pungtungia shiraii Asia 1957
Rhinogobio cylindricus Asia 33.1 TL 1888
Rhinogobio hunanensis Asia 20.3 SL 1980
Rhinogobio nasutus Asia 30 TL 1876
Rhinogobio typus Asia 49 TL 1871
Rhinogobio ventralis Asia 29.5 SL 1874
Romanogobio albipinnatus White-finned gudgeon Europe and Asia 13 TL 1933
Romanogobio amplexilabris Asia 1973
Romanogobio antipai Danube delta gudgeon Europe 7.3 SL 1953
Romanogobio banaticus Europe 8.5 SL 1960
Romanogobio belingi Northern whitefin gudgeon Europe 11.5 SL 1934
Romanogobio benacensis Europe 10 SL 1816
Romanogobio ciscaucasicus North Caucasian longbarbel gudgeon Europe and Asia 15 TL 1932
Romanogobio elimeius Europe 10 SL 1973
Romanogobio johntreadwelli Asia 1973
Romanogobio kesslerii Kessler's gudgeon Europe 13 TL 1862
Romanogobio macropterus South caucasian gudgeon Asia 8.5 SL 1901
Romanogobio parvus Europe 7.5 SL 2004
Romanogobio pentatrichus Kuban long-barbelled gudgeon Europe 13 SL 1998
Romanogobio persus Kura gudgeon Europe and Asia 10.5 TL 1899
Romanogobio tanaiticus Don whitefin gudgeon Europe 10.7 SL 2001
Romanogobio tenuicorpus Amur whitefin gudgeon Asia 25.6 TL 1934
Romanogobio uranoscopus Danubian longbarbel gudgeon Europe 10 SL 1828
Romanogobio vladykovi Europe 11.5 SL 1943
Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis Asia 1982
Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis Asia 6.9 SL 2001
Sarcocheilichthys czerskii Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon Asia 10 TL 1914
Sarcocheilichthys davidi Asia 8.6 SL 1878
Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis Asia 9 SL 1927
Sarcocheilichthys kiangsiensis Asia 17 TL 1930
Sarcocheilichthys lacustris Asia. 20 TL 1872
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis Rainbow gudgeon Asia 16 TL 1873
Sarcocheilichthys parvus Asia 8.7 SL 1930
Sarcocheilichthys sinensis Chinese lake gudgeon Asia 30 TL 1871
Sarcocheilichthys soldatovi Soldatov's thicklip gudgeon Asia 12.1 TL 1914
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus Asia 14.9 TL 1846
Sarcocheilichthys vittatus Asia 8.7 SL 2020
Saurogobio dabryi Chinese lizard gudgeon Asia 27.3 TL 1871
Saurogobio dumerili Asia 24 SL 1871
Saurogobio gracilicaudatus Asia 16.8 SL 1977
Saurogobio gymnocheilus Asia 16.3 SL 1998
Saurogobio immaculatus Asia 14.9 SL 1927
Saurogobio lissilabris Asia 10.0 SL 1973
Saurogobio punctatus Asia 16.0 SL 2018
Saurogobio xiangjiangensis Asia 26 SL 1980
Squalidus argentatus Asia 18.8 SL 1874
Squalidus atromaculatus Asia 11 TL 1927
Squalidus banarescui Asia 6.3 SL 2007
Squalidus chankaensis Khanka gudgeon Asia 17.5 TL 1872
Squalidus gracilis Asia 15.6 TL 1846
Squalidus homozonus Asia 1868
Squalidus iijimae Asia 10 TL 1919
Squalidus intermedius Asia 8 TL 1929
Squalidus japonicus Asia 14 TL 1883
Squalidus mantschuricus Asia 1927
Squalidus minor Asia 5.1 SL 1943
Squalidus multimaculatus Asia 7.8 TL 1984
Squalidus nitens Asia 9.6 SL 1873
Squalidus wolterstorffi Asia 15.8 TL 1908
Xenophysogobio boulengeri Asia 14.4 TL 1929
Xenophysogobio nudicorpa Asia 13.1 TL 1986



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