WoRMS taxon details
Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838)
AphiaID: 219479
AphiaID: 219479
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Gobiodon (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Gobiodon Bleeker, 1856 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gobiodon hypselopterus Bleeker, 1875 Gobius citrinus Rüppell, 1838 | |||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Africa [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Associated with colonies of broadly branched corals (@Acropora@ spp.).<111>. Species of the genus Gobiodon produce much mucus which contains a toxin; the mucus has a strong bitter taste<307>. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219479 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838). 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=219479 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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