WoRMS taxon details
Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837)
219380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219380)
accepted
Species
Ambligobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880 · unaccepted
Gobius rubrotaeniatus Liénard, 1891 · unaccepted
Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius stagon Smith, 1947 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius sphynx 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]
Description Occurs on sandy or sparse seagrass substrata of protected reefs. Hovers just above the bottom and takes refuge in a burrow.
Description Occurs on sandy or sparse seagrass substrata of protected reefs. Hovers just above the bottom and takes refuge in a burrow. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219380 on 2025-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius stagon Smith, 1947) Smith, J. L. B. (1947). New species and new records of fishes from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11).</em> v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77): 793-821. [details]
original description (of Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880) Sauvage, H.-E. (1880). Description des Gobioïdes nouveaux ou peu connus de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 4: 40-58. [details]
original description (of Gobius sphynx 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]
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 deilus Sauvage, 1880) Sauvage, H.-E. (1880). Description des Gobioïdes nouveaux ou peu connus de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 4: 40-58. [details]
original description (of Gobius sphynx 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]
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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius rubrotaeniatus Liénard, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblygobius sphynx)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius rubrotaeniatus Liénard, 1891)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius stagon Smith, 1947)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Ambligobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase images (Amblygobius sphynx, Papua New Guinea, by Steene, R.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius sphynx FIN028311 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius sphynx FIN028312 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobius stagon RAD102465-001) (from synonym Gobius stagon Smith, 1947)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius rubrotaeniatus Liénard, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amblygobius sphynx)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius rubrotaeniatus Liénard, 1891)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius stagon Smith, 1947)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius deilus Sauvage, 1880)
To FishBase (from synonym Ambligobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837))
To FishBase images (Amblygobius sphynx, Papua New Guinea, by Steene, R.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Gobius sphynx Valenciennes, 1837)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius sphynx FIN028311 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Amblygobius sphynx FIN028312 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobius stagon RAD102465-001) (from synonym Gobius stagon Smith, 1947)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
