WoRMS taxon details
Mugilogobius notospilus (Günther, 1877)
277357 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277357)
accepted
Species
Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
Mugiligobius notospilus (Günther, 1877) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mugilogobius duospilus (Fowler, 1953) · unaccepted
Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906) · unaccepted
Stigmatogobius duospilus Fowler, 1953 · unaccepted (synonym)
Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee. Band II, Heft. VI. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Band IV, Heft XIII. F. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg. Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> v. 4 (no. 13): 169-216, Pls. 101-120. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mugilogobius notospilus (Günther, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277357 on 2026-01-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Andrew Garrett's Fische der Südsee. Band II, Heft. VI. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Band IV, Heft XIII. F. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg. Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> v. 4 (no. 13): 169-216, Pls. 101-120. [details]
original description (of Stigmatogobius duospilus Fowler, 1953) Fowler, H. W. (1953). Two new gobioid fishes from Oceania. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 81 (pt 3): 385-388. [details]
original description (of Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details]
original description (of Stigmatogobius duospilus Fowler, 1953) Fowler, H. W. (1953). Two new gobioid fishes from Oceania. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 81 (pt 3): 385-388. [details]
original description (of Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906) Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.</em> . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [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 Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugilogobius fontinalis) (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Mugilogobius duospilus (Fowler, 1953))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugiligobius notospilus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vaimosa fontinalis P04436 illustration) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vaimosa fontinalis USNM 51776 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugilogobius fontinalis) (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Mugilogobius duospilus (Fowler, 1953))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Mugiligobius notospilus (Günther, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius notospilus Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vaimosa fontinalis P04436 illustration) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vaimosa fontinalis USNM 51776 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Vaimosa fontinalis Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To ITIS
