WoRMS taxon details
Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)
312542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:312542)
accepted
Species
Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Ctenogobius petersenii (Steindachner, 1866) · unaccepted
Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867 · unaccepted
Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849 · unaccepted
Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted
Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gobius criniger decaryi Pellegrin, 1932 · unaccepted
Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted
Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849) · unaccepted
Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 24, x [details]
page(s): 24, x [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=312542 on 2025-10-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 24, x [details]
original description (of Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867) Bleeker, P. (1867). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de Gobius de Madagascar. <em>Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles.</em> v. 2: 403-420.
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [6]: 1-40. [details]
original description (of Gobius brevifilis 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 festivus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 687 [details]
original description (of Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [With subtitles I-VI.]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. [details]
original description (of Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907) Jordan, D. S.; Seale A. (1907). Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> v. 26 (Doc. 606) (for 1906): 1-48. [details]
original description (of Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [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]
page(s): 24, x [details]
original description (of Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867) Bleeker, P. (1867). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de Gobius de Madagascar. <em>Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles.</em> v. 2: 403-420.
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [6]: 1-40. [details]
original description (of Gobius brevifilis 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 festivus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 687 [details]
original description (of Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [With subtitles I-VI.]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. [details]
original description (of Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907) Jordan, D. S.; Seale A. (1907). Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> v. 26 (Doc. 606) (for 1906): 1-48. [details]
original description (of Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shadow goby [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Yongeichthys nebulosus) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius petersenii (Steindachner, 1866))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius criniger decaryi Pellegrin, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 408937 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 424662 photograph lateral view)
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Yongeichthys nebulosus) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius petersenii (Steindachner, 1866))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius criniger decaryi Pellegrin, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 408937 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 424662 photograph lateral view)
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