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WoRMS taxon details

Silhouettea Smith, 1959

AphiaID

126002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126002)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816

Synonymised names

Minictenogobiops Goren, 1978 · unaccepted

Silhouetta · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933)
Species Silhouettea capitlineata Randall, 2008
Species Silhouettea chaimi Goren, 1978
Species Silhouettea dotui (Takagi, 1957)
Species Silhouettea evanida Larson & Miller, 1986
Species Silhouettea ghazalae Kovačić, Sadeghi & Esmaeili, 2020
Species Silhouettea hoesei Larson & Miller, 1986
Species Silhouettea indica Visweswara Rao, 1971
Species Silhouettea insinuans Smith, 1959
Species Silhouettea nuchipunctata (Herre, 1934)
Species Silhouettea sibayi Farquharson, 1970
Species Silhouettea indicus Visweswara Rao, 1971 accepted as Silhouettea indica Visweswara Rao, 1971 (misspelling)
Species Silhouettea nuchipunctatus (Herre, 1934) accepted as Silhouettea nuchipunctata (Herre, 1934) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Silhouettea villadolidi (Herre, 1936) accepted as Silhouettea nuchipunctata (Herre, 1934)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. 13: 185-225, Pls. 9-13. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Silhouettea Smith, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126002 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-05 08:18:02Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. 13: 185-225, Pls. 9-13. [details]

original description (of Minictenogobiops Goren, 1978) Goren, M. (1978). A new gobiid genus and seven new species from Sinai coasts (Pisces: Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 59 (3/4): 191-203. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]