WoRMS taxon details
Evermannichthys metzelaari Hubbs, 1923
276439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276439)
accepted
Species
Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hubbs, C. L. (1923). A note on the species of Evermannichthys, a genus of sponge-inhabiting gobies. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan.</em> 144: 1-2. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Evermannichthys metzelaari Hubbs, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276439 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Hubbs, C. L. (1923). A note on the species of Evermannichthys, a genus of sponge-inhabiting gobies. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan.</em> 144: 1-2. [details]
original description (of Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
original description (of Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [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 | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sponge goby [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Evermannichthys metzelaari)
To FishBase (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evermannichthys metzelaari RAD109034-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evermannichthys_metzelaari_RAD109034thruRAD109039_001B)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Evermannichthys metzelaari)
To FishBase (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Evermannichthys spongicola Metzelaar, 1919)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evermannichthys metzelaari RAD109034-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evermannichthys_metzelaari_RAD109034thruRAD109039_001B)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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