WoRMS taxon details
Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911)
277356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277356)
accepted
Species
Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911 · unaccepted
Mugilogobius inhacae (Smith, 1959) · unaccepted
Stigmatogobius inhacae Smith, 1959 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tamanka mindora Herre, 1945 · unaccepted
Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911) Weber, M. (1911). Die Fische der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Ein Beitrag zur Zoolographie dieser Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt-a.-M.</em> v. 34 (no. 1): 1-49, Pls. 1-2. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277356 on 2026-10-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tamanka mindora Herre, 1945) Herre, A. W. C. T. (1945). Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. XVIII.--Two new species of Tamanka, with a key to the species from the Philippines and China. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> v. 58: 73-76. [details]
original description (of Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953) Herre, A.W.C.T. (1953). Eight additions to the Philippine fish fauna, including three new species. Philipp. J. Sci. 82(1):9-14. [details]
original description (of Stigmatogobius inhacae 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 mertoni Weber, 1911) Weber, M. (1911). Die Fische der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Ein Beitrag zur Zoolographie dieser Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt-a.-M.</em> v. 34 (no. 1): 1-49, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953) Herre, A.W.C.T. (1953). Eight additions to the Philippine fish fauna, including three new species. Philipp. J. Sci. 82(1):9-14. [details]
original description (of Stigmatogobius inhacae 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 mertoni Weber, 1911) Weber, M. (1911). Die Fische der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Ein Beitrag zur Zoolographie dieser Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt-a.-M.</em> v. 34 (no. 1): 1-49, Pls. 1-2. [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 (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tamanka mindora Herre, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugilogobius mertoni)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugilogobius inhacae (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatogobius inhacae Smith, 1959)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Tamanka mindora Herre, 1945)
To FishBase (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobius djiboutiensis P11567 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 202503 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vaimosa layia RAD102429-001) (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tamanka mindora Herre, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mugilogobius mertoni)
To FishBase (from synonym Mugilogobius inhacae (Smith, 1959))
To FishBase (from synonym Stigmatogobius inhacae Smith, 1959)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Tamanka mindora Herre, 1945)
To FishBase (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Gobius mertoni Weber, 1911)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gobius djiboutiensis P11567 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 202503 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vaimosa layia RAD102429-001) (from synonym Vaimosa layia Herre, 1953)
To ITIS
