Author: Steindachner, 1863

Chromogobius quadrivittatus Steindachner, 1863

Diagnosis: Iateral-line system: in examples of 3.45-5.25 cm SL, numbers of sensory papillae in rows 1, 13-20; 2, 11-19; ot, 26-34; os, 11-22; e, 53-72; y, 3-7; m, 3-8. Nape naked before vertical of pectoral fin base. All scales cycloid, Dl VI; D2 I + 10 (8-11); A I + 9 (7-9), P 16-18; scales in lateral series 56-72. Vertebrae 27. Colour: body pale brown, with fine reticulation and 1 or 2 pale saddles conspicuous across back; dark pectoral bar with straight anterior edge; broad pale band across nape with rear edge opposite pectoral fin lobe; head conspicuously mottled, extending on to branchiostegal membrane, with intense black spot in lower anterior corner of opercle and 3 dark bars radiating from lower border of orbit. Size: to 6.55 cm.

Habitat: inshore shallows, under stones or between weed tufts, and into mid-tide pools. Food: small decapod and amphipod crustaceans. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). Miller, 1971b: 317.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Gobiidae
Genus Chromogobius
Species Chromogobius quadrivittatus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Chromogobius quadrivittatus (Steindachner, 1863)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Chromogobius quadrivittatus Steindachner, 1863

Synonyms:

Gobius quadrivittatus Steindachner, 1863, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., 2: 341 ('Mare Adriaticum prope Lesinam').
Gobius planiceps Bellotti, 1879, Atti. Soc. Ital. Sci. nat., 22: 37 (Lesina = Hvar, Jugoslavia) (nec Day, 1876, Fish. Ind.: 296 (Madras, India)).
Gobius depressus Kolombatovic, 1891, Glam. Spljet.: 27 (part.) (Split, Jugoslavia) (nec Ramsay & Douglas-Ogilby, 1887, Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW, (2)1: 4, Port Jackson, Australia).
Gobius quadrivittaus Kolombatovic, 1891, ibid.: 27 (error for G. quadrivittatus Steindachner).
Gobius quadrimaculatus: Kolombatovic, 1891, ibid.: 27 (nec Valenciennes, error for G. quadrivittatus Stndr.).
Gobius quadrivittatus: Moreau, 1891: 21; 1892: 172 Carus, 1893: 683 Ninni, 1938: 127,167, pl. IIa-e Lozano Rey, 1960: 102, 112, fig. 57 Soljan, 1963: 226, 386, 399 Zei, 1963: 548, pl. 203.
Gobius depressus var. quadrivitlata: Kolombatovic, 1891: 27.
Gobius paganellus var. capito: Smitt, 1900: 549 (parl.) (nec G. capito Valenciennes, 1837).
Gobius (Chromogobius) quadrivittatus: de Buen, 1930a: 135, 138; 1931b: 52, 68.
Relictogobius kryzhanovskii Ptchelina, 1939, Dokl. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, 23: 586, fig. 1-5 (Abrau Peninsula, near Novorossiysk, USSR).
Relictogobius kryzhanovskii: Berg, 1949: 1070, fig. 797-800 Svetovidov, 1964: 423, fig. 143-144 Georghiev, 1966: 179, fig. 17-18.
Chromogobius quadrivittatus: Miller, 1965: 475.
Chromogobius kryzanowskii Zambriborsch, 1968, Vest. zool. Ukr. SSR, (1): 40 (error for R. kryzhanowskii Ptchelina, 1939).
Cromogobius quadrivittatus: Bini, 1969, 7: 123.


Common names:

banded goby [En]
ghiozzo quadrifasciato [It]
glavocic plosac [Hr]
gobie à quatre bandes [Fr]

Berg, L. S. 1948-1949. Ryby presnykh vod SSSR i sopredel'nykh stran, 4 ed., 1, Opred. pofaune SSSR, no. 27, 1948: pp. 1-466, fig. 1-281; 2, ibid., no. 29, 1949: pp. 467-925, fig. 282-674; 3, ibid., no. 30, 1949: pp. 927-1382, fig. 675-946, map (in Russian).

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 pp., 66 fig. + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 pp., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 pp., 34 fig. + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 pp., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 pp., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 pp., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 pp., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 pp., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Buen, F. de 1930a. Sur une collection de Gobiinae provenant du Maroc. Essai de synopsis des espèces de l'Europe. Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. phys., Maroc, 10: pp. 120-147.

Buen, F. de 1931b. Notas a la familia Gobiidae. Observaciones sobre algunos generos y sinopsis de las especies ibéricas. Notas Resúm. Inst. esp. Oceanogr., 2 (54): 76 pp.

Georghiev, J. M. 1966. Composition d'espèce et caractéristique des Gobiides (Pisces) en Bulgaria. Izv. nauchno-issled. Inst. Rib. Stop. Okeanogr. Varna, 7: 159-228.

Lozano y Rey, L. 1960. Peces fisodistos. Tercera parte. Subseries Toracicos (Ordenes Equeneiformes y Gobiformes), Pediculados y Asimetricos. Mems R. Acad. Cienc. exact. fis. nat. Madr., ser.: Cienc. nat., 14: 613 pp., 173 fig., 7 pl.

Miller, P. J. 1965. Relictogobius kryzhanovskii and the penetration of Mediterranean gobies into the Black Sea. Nature, Lond., 208: 474-475.

Miller, P. J. 1971b. A revision of the Mediterranean gobiid genus Chromogobius (TeleosteiPerciformes). J. Zool., Lond., 164: 305-334.

Moreau, E. 1881-1891. Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France, Paris, I, 1881: pp. I-VII+1-480, fig. 1-82; II, 1881: pp. 1-572, fig. 83-145; III, 1881: pp. 1-697, fig. 146-220; Suppl., 1891: pp. 1-144, fig. 221-227.

Moreau, E. 1892. Manuel d'Ichthyologie française, Paris: viii+650 pp., III pl.

Ninni, A. P. 1938. I Gobius del mari e delle acque interne d'Italia. Memorie R. Com. talassogr. ital., (242): 169 p.

Smitt, F. A. 1899. Preliminary notes on the arrangement of the genus Gobius, with an enumeration of its European species. Öfvers. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., 1899, 56 (6): pp. 543-555.

Soljan, T. 1963. Fishes of the Adriatic (Ribe Jadrana). Fauna et flora adriatica 1 (revised and enlarged for the English edition), 428 pp., many unnumbered fig.

Steindachner, F. 1863. Über eine neue Cobius-Art aus dem adriatischen Meere. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol., 2: pp. 341-342.

Svetovidov, A. N. 1964. Rîbî Chernogo Morya. [The fishes of the Black Sea]. Opred Faune SSSR, 86: pp. 1-552, fig. 1-191 (in Russian).

Zambriborsch, F. S. 1968. K sistematike bychkov Chernogo i Azovskogo Morei. Vest. Zool. Ak. Nauk. Ukr. S.S.R., 1968, (1): pp. 37-44.

Zei, M. 1963. Vertebrata (Cyclostomata, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes): pp. 496-565, pl. 176-215, in R. Riedl, Fauna und Flora der Adria, Hamburg.

Carus, J. V. 1893. Vertebrata. 1. class. Pisces: pp. 498-711, In: Prodromus faunae Mediterraneae sive Descriptio Animalium Maris Mediterranei incolarum quam comparata silva rerum quatenus innotuit adiectis locis et nominibus vulgaribus. . . Stuttgart, 1889-1893, 2: ix+854 pp.

Kolombatovic, J. 1891. Glamoci (Gobii) Spljetskog Pomorskog Okruzja u Dalmaciji. Split: 29 pp.

Ptchelina, Z. M. 1939. Relictogobius kryzhanovskii n. g. n. sp., un nouveau gobiidé provenant d'un lac salé de la presqu'île Abraou (Bassin de la Mer Noire). Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR: 586-589.

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