WoRMS taxon details
Caffrogobius gilchristi (Boulenger, 1898)
219403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219403)
accepted
Species
Acentrogobius multifasciatus Smith, 1959 · unaccepted
Caffrogobius multifasciatus (Smith, 1959) · unaccepted
Coryphopterus multifasciatus (Smith, 1959) · unaccepted
Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898 · unaccepted
Gobius multifasciatus (Smith, 1959) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898) Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Descriptions of two new gobiiform fishes from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> No. 2: 3-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366526
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 3 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Caffrogobius gilchristi (Boulenger, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219403 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acentrogobius multifasciatus Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 13: 185-225, Pls. 9-13. [details]
original description (of Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898) Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Descriptions of two new gobiiform fishes from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> No. 2: 3-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366526
page(s): 3 [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 Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898) Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Descriptions of two new gobiiform fishes from the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> No. 2: 3-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366526
page(s): 3 [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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acentrogobius multifasciatus) (from synonym Acentrogobius multifasciatus Smith, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius multifasciatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphopterus multifasciatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase (from synonym Caffrogobius multifasciatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acentrogobius multifasciatus Smith, 1959)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acentrogobius multifasciatus) (from synonym Acentrogobius multifasciatus Smith, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius gilchristi Boulenger, 1898)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius multifasciatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphopterus multifasciatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase (from synonym Caffrogobius multifasciatus (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acentrogobius multifasciatus Smith, 1959)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
