WoRMS name details
Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)
272774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272774)
accepted > nomen novum
Species
Grammonus niger (Gosline, 1953) · unaccepted > junior homonym (secondary homonym of Oligopus...)
secondary homonym of Oligopus niger, Risso 1827
Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964 · unaccepted > superseded combination (of a replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964) Cohen, D. M. (1964). A review of the ophidioid fish genus Oligopus with the description of a new species from west Africa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 116 (no. 3494): 1-22, Pls. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.116-3494.1 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272774 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964) Cohen, D. M. (1964). A review of the ophidioid fish genus Oligopus with the description of a new species from west Africa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 116 (no. 3494): 1-22, Pls. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.116-3494.1 [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] 
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Grammonus niger (Gosline, 1953))
To FishBase (from synonym Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Grammonus niger (Gosline, 1953))
To FishBase (from synonym Oligopus waikiki Cohen, 1964)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
