Overview
Family : Gobies ; Occurs intertidally on marine shores , typically in beach-rock pools (near fresh water seepages), in brackish pools behind beach dunes, or in sandy mangrove lagoons along beaches or headlands [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Seep Goby
Description
Habitat
Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
()
- Family:
Gobiidae
()
- Genus:
Mugilogobius
()
- Smitt, 1899
- Specific name:
littoralis
- Larson, 2001
- Scientific name: - Mugilogobius littoralis Larson, 2001
- Specific name:
littoralis
- Larson, 2001
- Genus:
Mugilogobius
(
- Family:
Gobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 19-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mugilogobius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. amadi (Poso Bungu) · M. cavifrons (Bandfin Mullet Goby) · M. chulae (Yellowstripe Goby) · M. duospilus (Dual-Spotted Goby) · M. durbanensis (Durban Goby) · M. fontinalis (Samoan Mullet Goby) · M. fusculus (One-Thread Goby) · M. inhacae (Meander Goby) · M. littoralis (Seep Goby) · M. paludis (Mangrove Goby) · M. parvus (Least Mullet Goby) · M. platynotus (Flat-Backed Goby) · M. platystomus (Indonesian Goby) · M. rambaiae (Queen of Siam Goby) · M. sarasinorum (Sarasin's Goby) · M. tagala (Blotchfin Mullet Goby) · M. valigouva (Mullet-Headed Goby) · M. wilsoni (Wilson's Goby)
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Further Reading
- Larson, H. K. (2001). A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. No. 62):1-233.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3327439
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-146292
- Fishbase Species ID: 59897
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 637685
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117095
Footnotes
- Larson, H. K. (2001). A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. No. 62):1-233. [back]
