WoRMS taxon details
Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775)
219605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219605)
accepted
Species
Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
Ctenogobius petersenii (Steindachner, 1866) · unaccepted
Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867 · unaccepted
Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849 · unaccepted
Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837 · unaccepted
Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted
Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gobius criniger decaryi Pellegrin, 1932 · unaccepted
Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884 · unaccepted
Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849) · unaccepted
Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 24, x [details]
page(s): 24, x [details]
Description Lives on muddy bottoms around inner reefs. Common in mangroves (Ref.4343). Toxin concentrated in the skin. Contains 28.7...
Description Lives on muddy bottoms around inner reefs. Common in mangroves (Ref.4343). Toxin concentrated in the skin. Contains 28.7 µg/g tetrodotoxin in the internal organs while the flesh holds 1.7 µg/g (Ref. 5719). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219605 on 2026-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 24, x [details]
original description (of Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867) Bleeker, P. (1867). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de Gobius de Madagascar. <em>Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles.</em> v. 2: 403-420.
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [6]: 1-40. [details]
original description (of Gobius brevifilis 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 petersii Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [With subtitles I-VI.]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. [details]
original description (of Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 687 [details]
original description (of Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907) Jordan, D. S.; Seale A. (1907). Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> v. 26 (Doc. 606) (for 1906): 1-48. [details]
original description (of Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
page(s): 24, x [details]
original description (of Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867) Bleeker, P. (1867). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de Gobius de Madagascar. <em>Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles.</em> v. 2: 403-420.
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849) Bleeker, P. (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 22 [6]: 1-40. [details]
original description (of Gobius brevifilis 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 petersii Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [With subtitles I-VI.]. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> v. 16: 761-796, Pls. 13-18. [details]
original description (of Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884) De Vis, C. W. (1884). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 685-698.
page(s): 687 [details]
original description (of Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907) Jordan, D. S.; Seale A. (1907). Fishes of the islands of Luzon and Panay. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> v. 26 (Doc. 606) (for 1906): 1-48. [details]
original description (of Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867) Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Lives on muddy bottoms around inner reefs. Common in mangroves (Ref.4343). Toxin concentrated in the skin. Contains 28.7 µg/g tetrodotoxin in the internal organs while the flesh holds 1.7 µg/g (Ref. 5719). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shadow goby | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Yongeichthys nebulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius petersenii (Steindachner, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius criniger decaryi Pellegrin, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 408937 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 424662 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Yongeichthys nebulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius auchenotaenia Bleeker, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius brevifilis Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius festivus De Vis, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius petersii Steindachner, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius petersenii (Steindachner, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus africanus Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius criniger decaryi Pellegrin, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gobius caninus var. africana Playfair, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Rhinogobius baliuroides (Bleeker, 1849))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Ctenogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 408937 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acentrogobius nebulosus USNM 424662 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775))
To ITIS
