WoRMS taxon details
Belobranchus belobranchus (Valenciennes, 1837)
279889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279889)
accepted
Species
Belobranchus belobanchus (Valenciennes, 1837) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Belobranchus quoyi Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Belobranchus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
(of Eleotris belobrancha 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Belobranchus belobranchus (Valenciennes, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279889 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eleotris belobrancha 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 Belobranchus quoyi Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 291-302. [details]
original description (of Belobranchus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 291-302. [details]
original description (of Belobranchus quoyi Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 291-302. [details]
original description (of Belobranchus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1856) Bleeker, P. (1856). Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 12 (no. 2): 291-302. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | エリトゲハゼ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (72 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Belobranchus belobranchus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Belobranchus quoyi Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Belobranchus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1856)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Belobranchus belobranchus RAD108798-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Belobranchus belobranchus RAD108798-001)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Belobranchus belobranchus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Belobranchus quoyi Bleeker, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Belobranchus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1856)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Eleotris belobrancha Valenciennes, 1837)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Belobranchus belobranchus RAD108798-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Belobranchus belobranchus RAD108798-001)