Article Dans Une Revue Zootaxa Année : 2022

Identification of Mediterranean marine gobies (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) of the continental shelf from photographs of in situ individuals

Marcelo Kovačić
Roberto Pillon
Rudolf Svensen
Sergey Bogorodsky
Semih Engin
Patrick Louisy

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Numerous photographs of live fishes posted by anglers and divers on social media and citizen science databases are important sources of information for ichthyological research. However, validating records that extend the known ecology and bathymetric or geographic distribution of species should rely on a rigorous identification process. The family Gobiidae, with their small size, superficial resemblance among species and high species richness are particularly difficult to identify. Therefore, the identification from photographs of live individuals of Mediterranean marine gobies from the continental shelf was studied. A dichotomous identification key is provided based on photographs of live individuals, allowing positive identification of 41 out of the 66 species reviewed in this publication. Then, for all 66 species we provide a brief description of important characters, which can be used for provisional identification for those species that could not be positively identified using the key. Pending further progress in identification of live individuals, we suggest that records extending the known geographic and ecological species distribution be taken into account only if they could be validated using the dichotomous identification key.

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hal-04862788 , version 1 (03-01-2025)

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Marcelo Kovačić, Julien Renoult, Roberto Pillon, Rudolf Svensen, Sergey Bogorodsky, et al.. Identification of Mediterranean marine gobies (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) of the continental shelf from photographs of in situ individuals. Zootaxa, 2022, 5144 (1), pp.1-103. ⟨10.11646/zootaxa.5144.1.1⟩. ⟨hal-04862788⟩
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