WoRMS taxon details
Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837)
AphiaID: 219380
AphiaID: 219380
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Amblygobius (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Amblygobius Bleeker, 1874 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ambligobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling) Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880 Gobius rubrotaeniatus Liénard, 1891 Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837 Gobius stagon Smith, 1947 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] basis of record (from synonym): MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs on sandy or sparse seagrass substrata of protected reefs. Hovers just above the bottom and takes refuge in a burrow. [details] Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Type species of genus. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219380 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219380 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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