Gobioid fauna of Macaronesia

The Gobiid Fauna of Macaronesia
As of 4 Aug, 2002
Compiled by: James Van Tassell & Peter Wirtz
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Species	Canary Islands	Azores	Madeira
Chromogobius britoi	Present		Present
Didogobius kochi	Present
Gnatholepis thompsoni	Present **		Present
Gobius gasteveni	Present		Present
Gobius niger	Common
Gobius paganellus	Common	Present	Common
Gobius roulei	Rare
Gobius xanthocephalus	Common
Lesueurigobius heterofasciatus	Rare		Rare
Lesueurigobius suerii	Rare		Rare
Mauligobius maderensis	Common		Common
Pomatoschistus microps	Present
Pomatoschistus pictus	Present	Present	Present
Thorogobius ephippiatus	Present	Present	Present
Vanneaugobius canariensis	Present		Present
Vanneaugobius pruvoti	Present
Lebetus guilleti	??
Lebetus scorpioides	Rare		Rare

** New record for the Canary Islands; observed by J. Van Tassell on Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, Oct. 2000; also observed on Tenerife by A. Brito and Gomera by S. Scott.