WoRMS taxon details
Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
277220 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277220)
accepted
Species
Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Cepola hermanniana Shaw, 1803 · unaccepted
Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Gobioides coeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted
Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Taenioides angullaris (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Taenioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277220 on 2026-09-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=471
page(s): 241, Pl. 54 [details]
original description (of Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 241, Pl. 54 [details]
original description (of Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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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 (HKRMS)
Lam WY. (2007). Response of marine macrobenthic communities upon recovery from organic pollution. Mphil thesis. City University of Hong Kong. [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobioides coeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cepola hermanniana Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taenioides anguillaris)
To FishBase (from synonym Cepola hermanniana Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobioides coeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Taenioides angullaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Taenioides caeculus RAD111379-001) (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Taenioides caeculus RAD111379-001B) (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gobioides coeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cepola hermanniana Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taenioides anguillaris)
To FishBase (from synonym Cepola hermanniana Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cepola coecula Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Gobioides coeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Taenioides angullaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Gobius anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Gobioides anguillaris (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Taenioides caeculus RAD111379-001) (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Taenioides caeculus RAD111379-001B) (from synonym Taenioides caeculus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To ITIS
