WoRMS taxon details
Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell, 1830)
219379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219379)
accepted
Species
Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Gobius albomaculatus (Rüppell, 1830) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gobius papilio Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius quinqueocellatus Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius vonbondei Smith, 1936 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Description Also epibenthic and littoral, entering estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 4343).
Description Also epibenthic and littoral, entering estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 4343). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219379 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Gobius papilio 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 quinqueocellatus 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 vonbondei Smith, 1936) Smith, J. L. B. (1936). New gobioid and cyprinid fishes from South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> v. 24 (pt 1): 47-55, Pls. 3-5. [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 papilio 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 quinqueocellatus 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 vonbondei Smith, 1936) Smith, J. L. B. (1936). New gobioid and cyprinid fishes from South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> v. 24 (pt 1): 47-55, Pls. 3-5. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Also epibenthic and littoral, entering estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 4343). [details]Spelling Spelled Amblygobius albomaculatus in Grove et al., 1986 <252>. Closely related to A. phalaena of the Pacific<307>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tailspot gobybutterfly goby | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gobius albomaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius quinqueocellatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gobius papilio Valenciennes, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblygobius albimaculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius albomaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius quinqueocellatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius vonbondei Smith, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius papilio Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius albimaculatus RAD108708-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius albimaculatus RAD108708-001B)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobius vonbondei RAD102466-001) (from synonym Gobius vonbondei Smith, 1936)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gobius albomaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius quinqueocellatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Gobius papilio Valenciennes, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblygobius albimaculatus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius albomaculatus (Rüppell, 1830))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius quinqueocellatus Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius vonbondei Smith, 1936)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius papilio Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Gobius albimaculatus Rüppell, 1830)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius albimaculatus RAD108708-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius albimaculatus RAD108708-001B)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobius vonbondei RAD102466-001) (from synonym Gobius vonbondei Smith, 1936)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
