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WoRMS taxon details

Glossogobius Gill, 1859

AphiaID

203910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203910)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gobiinae Cuvier, 1816

Synonymised names

Astovelus Endruweit, 2024 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Glossigobius · unaccepted (misspelling)

Glossogabius · unaccepted (misspelling)

Illana Smith & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted

Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938 · unaccepted

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Species Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro, 1975
Species Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber, 1894)
Species Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols, 1951)
Species Glossogobius callidus (Smith, 1937)
Species Glossogobius celebius (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Glossogobius circumspectus (MacLeay, 1883)
Species Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Glossogobius hanisii Zarei, Chakona & Schliewen, 2025
Species Glossogobius kokius (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Glossogobius laticeps (De Vis, 1884)
Species Glossogobius minutus Geevarghese & John, 1983
Species Glossogobius olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Species Glossogobius sandakanensis Inger, 1957
Species Glossogobius sparsipapillus Akihito & Meguro, 1976
Species Glossogobius aliceae (Smith, 1945) accepted as Eugnathogobius kabilia (Herre, 1940)
Species Glossogobius asaro Whitley, 1959 accepted as Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols, 1951)
Species Glossogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Psammogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Glossogobius campbellianus Jordan & Seale, 1907 accepted as Pseudogobiopsis oligactis (Bleeker, 1875)
Species Glossogobius celebensis (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Glossogobius celebius (Valenciennes, 1837) (misspelling)
Species Glossogobius filosus (Valenciennes, 1837) accepted as Glossogobius kokius (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Glossogobius giurus (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) (misspelling)
Species Glossogobius guirus (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) (misspelling)
Species Glossogobius gutum (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) (junior synonym)
Species Glossogobius mas Hora, 1923 accepted as Eugnathogobius mas (Hora, 1923) (synonym)
Species Glossogobius parvus Oshima, 1919 accepted as Mugilogobius cavifrons (Weber, 1909) (synonym)
Species Glossogobius szechuanensis Tchang, 1939 accepted as Rhinogobius szechuanensis (Tchang, 1939)
Species Glossogobius tambujon (Bleeker, 1854) accepted as Redigobius tambujon (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler, 1934 accepted as Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Glossogobius tongarevae Fowler, 1927 accepted as Cabillus tongarevae (Fowler, 1927)
Species Glossogobius vomer Whitley, 1929 accepted as Afurcagobius suppositus (Sauvage, 1880) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Glossogobius Gill, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203910 on 2026-06-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Illana Smith & Seale, 1906) Smith, H. M.; Seale, A. (1906). Notes on a collection of fishes from the island of Mindanao, Philippine Archipelago, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v. 19: 73-82. [details]

original description (of Stupidogobius Aurich, 1938) Aurich, H. (1938). Die Gobiiden (Ordnung: Gobioidea). (Mitteilung XXVIII der Wallacea-Expedition Woltereck.). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie, Leipzig. 38 (no. 1/2): 125-183. [details]

basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]