WoRMS taxon details
Microgobius gulosus (Girard, 1858)
158804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158804)
accepted
Species
Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maryland to southern Florida and Texas in USA
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maryland to southern Florida and Texas in USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Microgobius gulosus (Girard, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158804 on 2026-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858) Girard, C. F. (1858). Notes upon various new genera and new species of fishes, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and collected in connection with the United States and Mexican boundary survey: Major William Emory, Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 167-171., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535762#page/187/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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]
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 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
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Maryland to southern Florida and Texas in USA [details]Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgobius gulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microgobius gulosus RAD108935-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microgobius gulosus RAD109005-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microgobius gulosus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Gobius gulosus Girard, 1858)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microgobius gulosus RAD108935-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Microgobius gulosus RAD109005-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
