WoRMS taxon details
Evorthodus lyricus (Girard, 1858)
159743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159743)
accepted
Species
Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
Evorthodus breviceps Gill, 1859 · unaccepted
Evorthodus lyricas (Girard, 1858) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
Gobius parvus Meek, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Smaragdus costalesi Poey, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up
page(s): 169 [details]
page(s): 169 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America; absent in the Bahamas, but...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America; absent in the Bahamas, but present in Greater Antilles [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Evorthodus lyricus (Girard, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159743 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Evorthodus breviceps Gill, 1859) Gill, T. N. (1859). Description of a type of gobioids intermediate between Solinae and Tridentigerinae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 195-196. [details]
original description (of Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up
page(s): 169 [details]
original description (of Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952) Fowler, H. W. (1952). The fishes of Hispaniola. <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural.</em> v. 21 (no. 1): 83-122, Pls. 20-26. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up
page(s): 169 [details]
original description (of Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952) Fowler, H. W. (1952). The fishes of Hispaniola. <em>Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural.</em> v. 21 (no. 1): 83-122, Pls. 20-26. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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]
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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America; absent in the Bahamas, but present in Greater Antilles [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gobius parvus Meek, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Evorthodus breviceps Gill, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Smaragdus costalesi Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Evorthodus lyricus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius parvus Meek, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952)
To FishBase (from synonym Smaragdus costalesi Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Evorthodus breviceps Gill, 1859)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evorthodus lyricus RAD108539-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evorthodus lyricus RAD108539-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gobius parvus Meek, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Evorthodus breviceps Gill, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Smaragdus costalesi Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Evorthodus lyricus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius parvus Meek, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius curtisi Fowler, 1952)
To FishBase (from synonym Smaragdus costalesi Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Evorthodus breviceps Gill, 1859)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Gobius lyricus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evorthodus lyricus RAD108539-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Evorthodus lyricus RAD108539-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
