WoRMS taxon details
Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927)
219399 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219399)
accepted
Species
Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927) · unaccepted
Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960 · unaccepted
Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927) · unaccepted
Gobius olivaceus Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted
Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927) · unaccepted
Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). Diagnoses of new genera and species of South African marine fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 20 (115) (8): 66-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655566 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219399 on 2026-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius olivaceus Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960) Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Fishes of the family Gobiidae in South Africa. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 18: 299-314. [details]
original description (of Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). Diagnoses of new genera and species of South African marine fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 20 (115) (8): 66-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655566 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960) Smith, J. L. B. (1960). Fishes of the family Gobiidae in South Africa. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 18: 299-314. [details]
original description (of Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). Diagnoses of new genera and species of South African marine fishes. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 20 (115) (8): 66-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708655566 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gobius olivaceus Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caffrogobius saldanha)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius olivaceus Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gobius olivaceus Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caffrogobius saldanha)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius olivaceus Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius cloatus Smith, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To FishBase (from synonym Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Nematogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Bathygobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Monishia saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Gobius saldanha Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Ctenogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
