Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gobiiformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobiinae > Genus Mesogobius

Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesogobius*	Bleeker, 1874	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gobius batrachocephalus*	Pallas, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Turkish: kaya baligi; kaya balığı 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
basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Mesogobius batrachocephalus, by Freyhof, J.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) 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 https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/94681693-6077-4fa9-8916-f934856728e0