WoRMS taxon details
Gobiesox Lacepède, 1800
Caularchus Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Caulistius Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted
Cotylis Müller & Troschel, 1843 · unaccepted
Sicyogaster Brisout de Barneville, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Gobiesox adustus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Species Gobiesox aethus (Briggs, 1951)
- Species Gobiesox barbatulus Starks, 1913
- Species Gobiesox canidens (Briggs, 1951)
- Species Gobiesox crassicorpus (Briggs, 1951)
- Species Gobiesox daedaleus Briggs, 1951
- Species Gobiesox eugrammus Briggs, 1955
- Species Gobiesox lanceolatus Hastings & Conway, 2017
- Species Gobiesox lucayanus Briggs, 1963
- Species Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858)
- Species Gobiesox marijeanae Briggs, 1960
- Species Gobiesox marmoratus Jenyns, 1842
- Species Gobiesox milleri Briggs, 1955
- Species Gobiesox nigripinnis (Peters, 1859)
- Species Gobiesox papillifer Gilbert, 1890
- Species Gobiesox pinniger Gilbert, 1890
- Species Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876)
- Species Gobiesox rhessodon Smith, 1881
- Species Gobiesox schultzi Briggs, 1951
- Species Gobiesox stenocephalus Briggs, 1955
- Species Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870
- Species Gobiesox woodsi (Schultz, 1944)
- Species Gobiesox adjustus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Gobiesox adustus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (misspelling)
- Species Gobiesox androsiensis Rosén, 1911 accepted as Acyrtus rubiginosus (Poey, 1868)
- Species Gobiesox beryllinus Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927 accepted as Acyrtops beryllinus (Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927)
- Species Gobiesox brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 accepted as Sicyases brevirostris (Guichenot, 1848)
- Species Gobiesox cardinalis Ramsay, 1882 accepted as Creocele cardinalis (Ramsay, 1882)
- Species Gobiesox cerasinus Cope, 1871 accepted as Arcos nudus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Gobiesox eigenmanni Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Rimicola eigenmanni (Gilbert, 1890)
- Species Gobiesox eos Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Tomicodon eos (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Species Gobiesox erythrops Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Arcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Species Gobiesox fimbriatus Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769)
- Species Gobiesox funebris Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Pherallodiscus funebris (Gilbert, 1890)
- Species Gobiesox gyrinus Valenciennes, 1841 accepted as Chorisochismus dentex (Pallas, 1769) (synonym)
- Species Gobiesox gyrinus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876) (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Gobiesox haeres Jordan & Bollman, 1889 accepted as Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876)
- Species Gobiesox humeralis Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Tomicodon humeralis (Gilbert, 1890)
- Species Gobiesox macrophthalmus Günther, 1861 accepted as Arcos nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Gobiesox macrurus Briggs, 1951 accepted as Pherallodiscus funebris (Gilbert, 1890)
- Species Gobiesox microspilus Fowler, 1916 accepted as Gobiesox papillifer Gilbert, 1890
- Species Gobiesox muscarum Meek & Pierson, 1895 accepted as Rimicola muscarum (Meek & Pierson, 1895)
- Species Gobiesox nigricans Philippi, 1899 accepted as Gobiesox marmoratus Jenyns, 1842 (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Arcos nudus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Gobiesox paradiseus Herre, 1935 accepted as Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns, 1842)
- Species Gobiesox poecilophthalmos Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns, 1842)
- Species Gobiesox poecilophthalmus Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns, 1842) (misspelling)
- Species Gobiesox rhodospilus Günther, 1864 accepted as Arcos rhodospilus (Günther, 1864)
- Species Gobiesox rupestris Poey, 1860 accepted as Tomicodon rupestris (Poey, 1860)
- Species Gobiesox sanctimartini Metzelaar, 1919 accepted as Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870
- Species Gobiesox sapoensis Fowler, 1944 accepted as Gobiesox adustus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Species Gobiesox tudes Richardson, 1845 accepted as Arcos nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Gobiesox virgatulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870
- Species Gobiesox vittatus Metzelaar, 1922 accepted as Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876)
- Species Gobiesox yuma Nichols, 1917 accepted as Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870
- Species Gobiesox zebra Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Tomicodon zebra (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gobiesox Lacepède, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158785 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [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]
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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]



