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  1. Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h) | The ETYFish Project

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    Gobius couchi Miller & El-Tawil 1974 in honor of Jonathan Couch (1789-1870), “that indefatigable ichthyologist of Cornwall” (Yarrell, 1836) and author of A History of the Fishes of the British Islands (1862-67) Gobius cruentatus Gmelin 1789 blood-red, presumably referring to red markings or blotches around mouth
    Gobius Linnaeus 1758 from the Greek kóttos (κόττος), kṓthos (κῶθος) and a few similar words, denoting a bulging head, used as a name for small freshwater fishes with a large head (Gobius, freshwater gudgeon, and Cottus, sculpin, which some early naturalists conflated with gobies, have the same etymological source)
    Gammogobius steinitzi Bath 1971 in honor of the late Heinz Steinitz (1909-1971), marine biologist and herpetologist (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), “whose unexpected death represents a great loss to ichthyology” (translation)
    Gobius tetrophthalmus Brito & Miller 2001 tetra, four; ophthalmus, eye, referring to the impression of four eyes when a living specimen is viewed from above, the pale ocellus in dark band crossing the upper border of each eye lying median to the dark pupil and pale sclera of the eye itself (possibly obscured in preserved specimens)