The Mediterranean, northeastern Atlantic, and inland freshwaters of Europe and the Ponto-Caspian region host a distinct fauna of gobiiform fishes, including the sand gobies (Pomatoschistus Gill and related genera), all of which have been classified in the most diverse goby group, the family Gobiidae. Recent molecular phylogenetic analyses have suggested that the sand gobies are not gobiids, and...

The invasion of land by a diverse group of fishlike amphibians during the Middle-Late Devonian was a key event in the history of life. It is obvious that the evolutionary transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial habitat was associated with physiological adaptations such as novel feeding strategies that can not be elucidated with fossils alone. Here we show that two extant vertebrate species,...

Mangrove forest is one of the ecosystems in coastal area that plays an important role as a habitat for iktiofauna, which gelodok fish community. The purpose this study was to compare community structure mudskippers at Bahak Indah Coast, Tongas, Probolinggo with or without mangrove vegetation. conducted January–February 2022. determination observation station carried out purposively, determined ...