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

Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Gobius Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesogobius*	Bleeker, 1874	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gobius batrachocephalus*	Pallas, 1814	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: knout goby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Knout Goby sources: english PESI focal point

German: Krötengrundel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: rupūžinis grundalas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: babka żabia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: hanos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Бычок мартовик; бычок-кнут sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бичок мартовик; Бичок-батіг; Бичок-кнут; Бичок-мезогобіус жабоголовий

Literature

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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (19 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814). 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:126909

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304921