Galapagos Species Database

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Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830)

Dusky frillgoby

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Gobiiformes

Family
Gobiidae

Genus
Bathygobius

Species
fuscus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bathygobius fuscus fuscus Ruppell, 1830, Bathygobius samberanoensis (Bleeker, 1867), Bathygobius sambiranoensis (Bleeker, 1867), Bathygobius vergeri (Bleeker, 1867), Gobius darnleyensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877, Gobius fuscus Rüppell, 1830, Gobius fuscus fuscus Rüppell, 1830, Gobius marginalis De Vis, 1884, Gobius nebulopunctatus Valenciennes, 1837, Gobius nigripinnis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877, Gobius obscurus Peters, 1855, Gobius punctillatus Rüppell, 1830, Gobius samberanensis Bleeker, 1867, Gobius samberanoensis Bleeker, 1867, Gobius sambiranoensis Bleeker, 1867, Gobius vergeri Bleeker, 1867, Stenogobius vergeri (Bleeker, 1867) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Bathygobius fuscus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20554. Accessed 5 November 2026.