Gobioidei

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Gobioidei is a large suborder of mostly small, bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes gobies and their close relatives, many of which inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments worldwide.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gobioidei canonical 11
Gobiiformes 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish suborder ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
contains many cryptic species ⓘ
distribution worldwide ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic invertebrate predators ⓘ
important prey for larger fishes ⓘ
economicImportance some species important in aquarium trade ⓘ
some species used as food fish locally ⓘ
habitat brackish waters ⓘ
freshwater environments ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ
hasCharacteristic benthic habits ⓘ
bottom-dwelling lifestyle ⓘ
diverse body shapes and color patterns ⓘ
many species with fused pelvic fins forming a suction disc ⓘ
mostly small-sized fishes ⓘ
hasMember Eleotridae ⓘ
Gobiidae ⓘ
Oxudercidae ⓘ
Rhyacichthyidae ⓘ
includes family Amblyopinae ⓘ
family Butidae ⓘ
family Carapidae ⓘ
family Eleotridae ⓘ
family Gobiidae ⓘ
family Kraemeriidae ⓘ
family Microdesmidae ⓘ
family Milyeringidae ⓘ
family Odontobutidae ⓘ
family Oxudercidae ⓘ
family Ptereleotridae ⓘ
family Rhyacichthyidae ⓘ
family Schindleriidae ⓘ
family Thalasseleotrididae ⓘ
family Trichonotidae ⓘ
family Trypauchenidae ⓘ
family Xenisthmidae ⓘ
gobies ⓘ
namedAfter genus Gobius ⓘ
parentTaxon Perciformes ⓘ
Percomorpha ⓘ
reproduction mostly demersal egg layers ⓘ
often exhibit parental care of eggs ⓘ
scientificName Gobioidei ⓘ
sizeRange from very small species under 2 cm to medium-sized fishes ⓘ
subclassOf Actinopterygii ⓘ
ray-finned fish ⓘ
taxonRank suborder ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perciformes → hasSuborder → Gobioidei ⓘ
Gobioidei → scientificName → Gobioidei ⓘ
Acanthopterygii → contains → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Schindleria praematurus → order → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Biwa goby → order → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Acanthomorpha → includes → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Gulaphallus → order → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Euteleostei → includes → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Teleostei → includes → Gobiiformes ⓘ
linked to: Gobioidei
Odontobutidae → suborder → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Odontobutidae
Butidae → belongsToClade → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Butidae
Microdesmidae → suborder → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Microdesmidae
Microdesmidae → belongsToSuborder → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Microdesmidae
Schindleriidae → parentTaxon → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Schindleriidae
Trichonotidae → suborder → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Trichonotidae
Trypauchenidae → parentTaxon → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Trypauchenidae
Trypauchenidae → suborder → Gobioidei ⓘ
subject linked to: family Trypauchenidae
Oxudercidae → suborder → Gobioidei ⓘ