Gobionidae is a monophyletic family of Eurasian cyprinoid fishes. This is a species rich clade which, as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae was divided into five tribes: Gobionini, Pseudogobionini, Hemibarbini, Coreiini, and Sarcocheilichthyini. These subdivisions are not recognised by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes.
To adapt to different masticatory operations (food processing), members of the Gobioninae developed various types of pharyngeal bones and associated teeth; some have intermediate pharyngeal bones with rows of diverse teeth (conical, compressed, and coarsely compressed), others have broad pharyngeal bones with a single row of molariform teeth. Some Gobioninae have narrow pharyngeal bones with a row of extremely compressed teeth.
Genera
These genera are included in the subfamily Gobioninae according to Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:
- Abbottina <small>D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903</small>
- Acanthogobio <small>Herzenstein, 1892</small>
- Belligobio <small>D. S. Jordan & Hubbs, 1925</small>
- Biwia <small>D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903</small>
- Coreius <small>D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1905</small>
- Coreoleuciscus <small>Mori, 1935</small>
- Gnathopogon <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Gobio <small>Cuvier, 1816</small>
- Gobiobotia <small>Kreyenberg, 1911</small>
- Gobiocypris <small>M. R. Ye & T. Y. Fu, 1983</small>
- Hemibarbus <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Ladislavia <small>Dybowski, 1869</small>
- Mesogobio <small>BÃÂnÃÂrescu & Nalbant, 1973</small>
- Microphysogobio <small>Mori, 1934</small>
- Paracanthobrama <small>Bleeker, 1864</small>
- Paraleucogobio <small>Berg, 1907</small>
- Placogobio <small>V. H. Nguyá»Â
n, 2002</small>
- Platysmacheilus <small>Y. L. Lu, P. Q. Luo & Yi-Yu Chen, 1977</small>
- Pseudogobio <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Pseudopungtungia <small>Mori, 1935</small>
- Pseudorasbora <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Pungtungia <small>Herzenstein, 1892</small>
- Rhinogobio <small>Bleeker, 1870</small>
- Romanogobio <small>BÃÂnÃÂrescu 1961</small>
- Sarcocheilichthys <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Saurogobio <small>Bleeker, 1870</small>
- Squalidus <small>Dybowski, 1872</small>
- Xenophysogobio <small>Yi-Yu Chen & W. H. Cao, 1977</small>
The extinct gobionines â Protothymallus <small>Laube, 1901</small> and â Varhostichthys <small>Obrhelová, 1969</small> are known from the Early to Late Oligocene of Europe.
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