# Didogobius

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***Didogobius*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of small marine fish in the family [Gobiidae](/source/Gobiidae), the true [gobies](/source/Goby).[1] They are native to the eastern [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) and the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea). The name of the genus is a [compound noun](/source/Compound_noun) made up of *[Dido](/source/Dido)*, the mythical founder and first queen of [Carthage](/source/Carthage), and the [Latin](/source/Latin_language) *gobius* meaning "goby".[2]

## Species

Seven recognized species are in this genus:[3]

- *[Didogobius bentuvii](/source/Didogobius_bentuvii)* [Miller](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peter_James_Miller), 1966 (Ben-Tuvia's goby)
- *[Didogobius kochi](/source/Didogobius_kochi)* Van Tassell, 1988
- *[Didogobius lanceolatus](/source/Didogobius_lanceolatus)* Schliewen, Knorrn & Böhmer, 2023
- *[Didogobius schlieweni](/source/Didogobius_schlieweni)* [Miller](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peter_James_Miller), 1993

## References

1. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). ["Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)"](http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes5/). *The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database*. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

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