WoRMS taxon details
Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar, 1919)
277624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277624)
accepted
Species
Bathygobius curacao lepidopoma Ginsburg, 1947 · unaccepted
Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Bathygobius curacao lepidopoma Ginsburg, 1947 accepted as Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar, 1919)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathygobius curacao (Metzelaar, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277624 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919) Metzelaar, J. (1919). Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. <em>F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage.</em> 1-314. [Reprinted, A., Asher, Amsterdam, 1967. Also as: Over tropisch Atlantische visschen. A. H. Kruyt, Amsterdam, 1919 (Dutch edition).]. [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
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathygobius curacao)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathygobius curacao lepidopoma Ginsburg, 1947)
To FishBase images (Bathygobius curacao, Belize, by Smith, D.G.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathygobius curacao USNM 397562 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathygobius curacao USNM 397563 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathygobius curacao)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathygobius curacao lepidopoma Ginsburg, 1947)
To FishBase images (Bathygobius curacao, Belize, by Smith, D.G.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 53 proteins) (from synonym Gobius curacao Metzelaar, 1919)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathygobius curacao USNM 397562 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathygobius curacao USNM 397563 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
