Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838)
(Common Goby)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPomatoschistus microps (Common Goby)
GenusPomatoschistus (a genus of gobies)
SubfamilyGOBIINAE (a subfamily of bony fishes)
FamilyGOBIIDAE (gobies, goby)
OrderPERCIFORMES (the major order of fish)
SuperorderACANTHOPTERYGII (advanced teleosts)
InfraclassTeleostei (teleost fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pomatoschistus microps (Common Goby) :
1: Pomatoschistus microps (Common Goby)
28 Mar 2010 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
half-grown, in Zostera in shallow water at LWS
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - black backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - on sandImage 3: Dorsal view - on sand (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - white backgroundImage 5: Dorsal view - white background (2)Image 6: Dorsal view - white background (3)Image 7: Dorsal view - white background (4)Image 8: Dorsal view - white background (5)Image 9: Dorsal view - white background (6)Image 10: Dorsal view - white background (7)Image 11: Dorsal view - white background (8)Image 12: Dorsal view - white background (9)Image 13: Dorsal view - white background (10)Image 14: Dorsal view - white background (11)Image 15: Dorsal view - white background (12)Image 16: Dorso-lateral view - on sandImage 17: Dorso-lateral view - on sand (2)Image 18: Dorso-lateral view - on sand (3)Image 19: Dorso-lateral view - on sand (4)Image 20: Lateral viewImage 21: Lateral view (2)Image 22: Latero-dorsal view - on sandImage 23: Two fish - dorsal views - on sandImage 24: Two fish - dorsal views - white backgroundImage 25: Two fish - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 26: Ventral view - clinging to glass with pectoral finsImage 27: Ventral view - clinging to glass with pectoral fins (2)Image 28: Ventral view - clinging to glass with pectoral fins - close-upImage 29: Chromatophores on top surface - enlargedImage 30: Dorsal and ventral fins - lateral view - enlargedImage 31: Dorsal fins - enlarged - white backgroundImage 32: Dorsal fins - enlarged - white background (2)Image 33: Foreparts - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 34: Foreparts - dorsal view - enlarged - white background (2)Image 35: Foreparts - dorsal view showing paired fins - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 36: Foreparts - dorsal view showing paired fins - enlarged - white backgroundImage 37: Foreparts - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 38: Foreparts - latero-ventral view showing swim bladder - enlarg - enlarged - white backgroundImage 39: Foreparts - ventral view showing paired fins - enlarged - dark backgroundImage 40: Head and pectoral fins - dorsal view - on sand - enlargedImage 41: Head and pectoral fins - dorsal view - on sand - enlarged (2)Image 42: Head end - lateral view - enlargedImage 43: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 44: Pelvic fins - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 45: Pelvic fins - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - black background (2)Image 46: Pelvic fins - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged

Pomatoschistus microps (Common Goby) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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