WoRMS taxon details
Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell, 1830)
219535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219535)
accepted
Species
Gobius amiciensis Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
Note Type species of genus. Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of genus. Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
Description Lives among coral branches @Stylophora mordax@.
Description Lives among coral branches @Stylophora mordax@. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219535 on 2025-10-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius amiciensis 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 Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [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 echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [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] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Lives among coral branches @Stylophora mordax@. [details]Type species Type species of genus. Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gobius amiciensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paragobiodon echinocephalus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius amiciensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paragobiodon echinocephalus RAD102110-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paragobiodon echinocephalus USNM 431952 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Gobius amiciensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paragobiodon echinocephalus)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius amiciensis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Gobius echinocephalus Rüppell, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paragobiodon echinocephalus RAD102110-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paragobiodon echinocephalus USNM 431952 lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
