The biology of gobies
Patzner, R.A.; Van Tassell, J.L.; Kovacic, M.; Kapoor, B.G. (Ed.) (2011). The biology of gobies. Science Publishers: Jersey. ISBN 978-1-57808-436-4. xv, 685 pp.
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| Keywords |
Gobiidae Cuvier, 1816 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal; Brackish water; Fresh water |
| Authors | | Top |
- Patzner, R.A., editor
- Van Tassell, J.L., editor
- Kovacic, M., editor
- Kapoor, B.G., editor
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- Van Tassell, J.L.; Tornabene, L.; Taylor, M.S. (2011). A history of gobioid morphological systematics, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 3-22, more
- Rüber, L.; Agorreta, A. (2011). Molecular systematics of gobioid fishes, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 23-50, more
- Larson, H.K. (2011). Systematics of Rhyacichthyidae, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 51-60, more
- Thacker, C. (2011). Systematics of Butidae and Eleotridae, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 79-85, more
- Pezold, F. (2011). Systematics of Gobionellidae, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 85-97, more
- Murdy, E.O. (2011). Systematics of Oxudercinae, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 99-106, more
- Murdy, E.O. (Ed.) (2011). Systematics of Amblyopinae, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 107-118, more
- Thacker, C. (2011). Systematics of Gobiidae, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 129-136, more
- Van Tassell, J.L. (2011). Gobiidae of the Americas, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 139-176, more
- Kovacic, M.; Patzner, R.A. (2011). North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean gobies, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 177-206, more
- Schliewen, U.K. (2011). Diversity and distribution of marine, euryhaline and amphidromous gobies from western, central and southern Africa, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 207--234, more
- Larson, H.K. (2011). The marine temperate gobioids of southern Australia and the New Zealand region, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 235-241, more
- Freyhof, J. (2011). Diversity and distribution of freshwater gobies from the Mediterranean, the Black and Caspian Seas, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 280-283, more
- Zander, C.D. (2011). Gobies as predator and prey, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 291-344, more
- Zander, C.D. (2011). Morphological adaptations to special environments of gobies, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 345-366, more
- Mazzoldi, C.; Patzner, R.A.; Rasotto, M.B. (2011). Morphological organization and variability of the reproductive apparatus in gobies, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 367-402, more
- Borges, R.; Faria, C.; Gil, F.; Gonçalves, E.J. (2011). Early development of gobies, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 403-462, more
- La Mesa, M. (2011). Planktonic and paedomorphic gobioids, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 465-491, more
- Herler, J.; Munday, P.L.; Hernaman, V. (2011). Gobies on coral reefs, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 493-529, more
- Côté, I.M.; Soares, M.C. (2011). Gobies as cleaners, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 531-557, more
- Karplus, I.; Thompson, A.R. (2011). The partnership between gobiid fishes and burrowing alpheid shrimps, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 559-607, more
- Ishimatsu, A.; Gonzales, T.T. (2011). Mudskippers: front runners in the modern invasion of land, in: Patzner, R.A. et al. (Ed.) The biology of gobies. pp. 609-638, more
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| Abstract |
Among all vertebrates, gobies are second in diversity only to the teleost family Cyprinidae. The Gobiidae consists of more than 200 genera and nearly 2,000 species and make up the largest family of marine fishes. Gobies account for as much as 50% of the energy flow in coral reef communities. Their small size, ability to adapt to numerous ecological niches and to be bred in aquaria has led to numerous studies both in the field and laboratory. Gobies are found from above the high tide line to depths of over 1,100 m. Some species are found only within caves, others deep inside sponges, and some others climb waterfalls to return to their native streams. They vary reproductively from gonochoric to hermaphrodite, monogamy to polygyny and promiscuity, some have short life spans and reproduce only once while others have longer life spans reproducing one or more times per year. |
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