WoRMS taxon details
Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876)
275678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275678)
accepted
Species
Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889 · unaccepted
Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922 · unaccepted
Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876) Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275678 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1898). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-xxiv + 2183a-3136. [details]
original description (of Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889) Jordan, D. S.; Bollman, C. H. (1889). List of fishes collected at Green Turtle Cay, in the Bahamas, by Charles L. Edwards, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 11 (no. 752): 549-553. [details]
original description (of Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922) Metzelaar, J. (1922). On a collection of marine fishes from the Lesser Antilles. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> v. 22: 133-141. [details]
original description (of Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876) Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]
original description (of Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889) Jordan, D. S.; Bollman, C. H. (1889). List of fishes collected at Green Turtle Cay, in the Bahamas, by Charles L. Edwards, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 11 (no. 752): 549-553. [details]
original description (of Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922) Metzelaar, J. (1922). On a collection of marine fishes from the Lesser Antilles. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> v. 22: 133-141. [details]
original description (of Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876) Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gobiesox punctulatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876)
To FishBase images (Gobiesox punctulatus, USA, by Cox, C.D.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gobiesox punctulatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922)
To FishBase (from synonym Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876)
To FishBase images (Gobiesox punctulatus, USA, by Cox, C.D.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Sicyases punctulatus Poey, 1876)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
