WoRMS taxon details
Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas, 1770)
159753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159753)
accepted
Species
Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953 · unaccepted
Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Gobius bacalaus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899 · unaccepted
Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783 · unaccepted
Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770 · unaccepted
Paroxyurichthys typus Bleeker, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 4 [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: in tropical waters, including the Gulf of Mexico
Distribution Western Atlantic: in tropical waters, including the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas, 1770). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159753 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius bacalaus Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]
original description (of Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh, M. C. (1899). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7: 351-362., available online at https://penbay.org/cof/cof_1899_13.pdf [details]
original description (of Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783) Bloch, M. E. (1783). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oekonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: 1-192, Pls. 38-72.
page(s): 8, Pl. 38 (fig. 1, 6) [details]
original description (of Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953) Ginsburg, I. (1953). Ten new American gobioid fishes in the United States National Museum, including additions to a revision of Gobionellus. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (1): 18-26. [details]
original description (of Paroxyurichthys typus Bleeker, 1876) Bleeker, P. (1876). Description de quelques espèces insulindiennes inédites des genres Oxyurichthys, Paroxyurichthys et Cryptocentrus. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 9: 138-148.
page(s): 141 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899) Evermann, B. W.; Marsh, M. C. (1899). Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from Puerto Rico. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 25 (for 1899) Appendix 7: 351-362., available online at https://penbay.org/cof/cof_1899_13.pdf [details]
original description (of Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783) Bloch, M. E. (1783). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oekonomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 2: 1-192, Pls. 38-72.
page(s): 8, Pl. 38 (fig. 1, 6) [details]
original description (of Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953) Ginsburg, I. (1953). Ten new American gobioid fishes in the United States National Museum, including additions to a revision of Gobionellus. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (1): 18-26. [details]
original description (of Paroxyurichthys typus Bleeker, 1876) Bleeker, P. (1876). Description de quelques espèces insulindiennes inédites des genres Oxyurichthys, Paroxyurichthys et Cryptocentrus. <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 9: 138-148.
page(s): 141 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: in tropical waters, including the Gulf of Mexico [details]Habitat Found on shallow mud or mud-sand bottoms in turbid and generally brackish water near estuaries. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gobius bacalaus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gobionellus oceanicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius bacalaus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Paroxyurichthys typus Bleeker, 1876)
To FishBase images (Gobionellus oceanicus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus gracillimus RAD108619-001) (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus gracillimus RAD108619-001) (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus hastatus RAD108593-001) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus hastatus RAD108593-001) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus oceanicus RAD108592-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus oceanicus RAD108592-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gobius bacalaus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gobionellus oceanicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius bacalaus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius lanceolatus Bloch, 1783)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius bayamonensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To Fishbase (from synonym Paroxyurichthys typus Bleeker, 1876)
To FishBase images (Gobionellus oceanicus, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Gobius oceanicus Pallas, 1770)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus gracillimus RAD108619-001) (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus gracillimus RAD108619-001) (from synonym Gobionellus gracillimus Ginsburg, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus hastatus RAD108593-001) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus hastatus RAD108593-001) (from synonym Gobionellus hastatus Girard, 1858)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus oceanicus RAD108592-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobionellus oceanicus RAD108592-001)
To ITIS
