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 xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gobius*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Ukrainian: Золотоголовий бичок

Literature

original description	Heymer, A.; Zander, C. D. (1992). Le statut de Gobius auratus Risso, 1810 et description de Gobius xanthocephalus n. sp. de la Mediterranée (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena). 119 (2): 291-313. [English summary].
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).
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 xanthocephalus, France, by Patzner, R.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gobius xanthocephalus Heymer & Zander, 1992. 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:126897