Benthophilinae

Neogobius fluviatilis and Ponticola kessleri, species of subfamilia Benthophilinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Benthophilinae
Tribus (3): Benthophilini – Neogobiini – Ponticolini

Overview of genera (9)

Anatirostrum – Babka – Benthophiloides – Benthophilus – Caspiosoma – Mesogobius – Neogobius – Ponticola – Proterorhinus

Name

• Benthophilinae Beling and Iljin, 1927

References

• Miller P.J. (1986) Gobiidae. In: Whitehead P.J.P., Bauchot M.-L., Hureau J.-C., Nielsen J., Tortonese E. (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Vol. 3. UNESCO, Paris.
• Neilson, M.E.; Stepien, C.A. 2009: Evolution and phylogeography of the tubenose goby genus Proterorhinus (Gobiidae: Teleostei): evidence for new cryptic species. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 96(3): 664–684. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01135.x
• Neilson, M.E.; Stepien, C.A. 2009: Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 52(1): 84–102. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.023 PDF (proof)

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