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GOBIIDAE

family

Accepted

Name authority: AFD

Gobies

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
GOBIIDAE	AFD
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices

Synonym	Source
Gobius princeps De Vis, 1884 synonym	AFD
Published in:De Vis, C.W. 1884, "New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, vol. 9, no. 3, 685-698 p685
Gobius pauper De Vis, 1884 synonym	AFD
Published in:De Vis, C.W. 1884, "New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, vol. 9, no. 3, 685-698 p687
Gobius haackei Steindachner, 1883 synonym	AFD
Published in:Steindachner, F. 1883, "Ichthyologische Beiträge (XIII)", Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, vol. 20, no. 22, 194-197 p194
Taenioides anguillris (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym	AFD
Published in:Bleeker, P. 1878, "Quatrième mémoire sur la faune ichthyologique de la Nouvelle-Guinée", Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles, vol. 13, 35-66 pls 2-3 p54 (changed combination)
Gobius sauroides Castelnau, 1878 synonym	AFD
Published in:Castelnau, F.L. de 1878, "Notes on the fishes of the Norman River", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ser. 1, vol. 3, no. 1, 41-51 p48
Gobius microlepidotus Castelnau, 1875 synonym	AFD
Published in:Castelnau, F.L. de 1875, "Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2" p20
Gobius maculatus Castelnau, 1875 synonym	AFD
Published in:Castelnau, F.L. de 1875, "Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2" p20
Amblyopus cirratus Blyth, 1860 synonym	AFD
Published in:Blyth, E. 1860, "Report on some fishes received chiefly from the Sitang River and its tributary streams", Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 29, 138-174 p147
Trypauchenidae synonym	Additional Taxonomy - Additional synonyms for names matching part 2 2025
Gobioididae synonym	Additional Taxonomy - Additional synonyms for names matching part 2 2025

Common Name	Source
Gobies Australia Australia	AFD

Name	Source
GOBIIDAE accepted	AFD

Identifier	Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/49f7f6dd-de74-4752-8c2d-1d4e02e9de22 Taxon unknown	AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:49f7f6dd-de74-4752-8c2d-1d4e02e9de22 Taxon LSID unknown	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/49f7f6dd-de74-4752-8c2d-1d4e02e9de22 Taxon current	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/44ab720e-18b5-446f-90b9-cefe83e1d10a Scientific Name current	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/49f7f6dd-de74-4752-8c2d-1d4e02e9de22 Taxon Concept current	AFD

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Classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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