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 Gobius

Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gobius*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: red-mouthed 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

Greek: Αιματοχειλογωβιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קברנון הסלעים sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Красноротый бычок sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Turkish: kaya baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Червоноротий бичок sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Welsh: gobi mingoch

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516.
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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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
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 (Gobius cruentatus, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gobius cruentatus Gmelin, 1789. 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:126888