Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobiinae > Genus Gobius

Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gobius*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Couch's goby sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

English-United States: Couch's Goby sources: Charles Hussey

Welsh: gobi Couch

Literature

original description	Miller, P.J., and M. Y. El-Tawil 1974. A multidisciplinary approach to a new species of Gobius (Teleostei: Gobiidea) from southern Cornwall. J. Zool. (Lond.) v. 174 (no. 4): 539-574.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil, 1974. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126887