THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Gobiidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tryssogobius quinquespinus Randall, 2006 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tryssogobius sarah Allen & Erdmann, 2012 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blind gobyTyphlogobius californiensis Steindachner, 1879 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson, 1994 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| twostripe gobyValenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea limicola Hoese & Larson, 1994 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson, 1994 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea schlieweni Zarei, Motomura & Chakona, 2026 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sixspot gobyValenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ward's sleeperValenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1867) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea yanoi Suzuki, Senou & Randall, 2016 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Valenciennea zaboae Zarei, Motomura & Chakona, 2026 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia atriclypea (Garman, 1903) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia auronotata Randall, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia bella Greenfield & Longenecker, 2005 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia belloides Randall, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia cyanolineata Suzuki & Chen, 2013 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia dawnarnallae Allen, Erdmann & Mongdong, 2019 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia dorsomacula Randall, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia hiramatsui Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia nannai Winterbottom, Iwata & Kozawa, 2005 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia nobilis Allen & Randall, 2006 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia opercularis Randall, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ornate prawn-gobyVanderhorstia ornatissima Smith, 1959 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia papilio Shibukawa & Suzuki, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia phaeosticta (Randall, Shao & Chen, 2007) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia puncticeps (Deng & Xiong, 1980) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia rapa Iwata, Shibukawa & Ohnishi, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia supersaiyan Koeda, Hirasaka & Sato, 2025 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia vandersteene Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2020 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhorstia wayag Allen & Erdmann, 2012 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanneaugobius dollfusi Brownell, 1978 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanneaugobius longignathus Kovačić, Schliewen & Böhmer, 2025 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Varicus bucca Robins & Böhlke, 1961 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Varicus decorum Van Tassell, Baldwin & Tornabene in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Varicus lacerta Tornabene, Robertson & Baldwin, 2016 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| orangebelly gobyVaricus marilynae Gilmore, 1979 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Varicus nigritus Gilmore, Van Tassell & Baldwin in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Varicus veliguttatus Van Tassell, Baldwin & Gilmore in Tornabene, Van Tassell, Gilmore, Robertson, Young & Baldwin, 2016 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vomerogobius flavus Gilbert, 1971 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wheelerigobius maltzani (Steindachner, 1881) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wheelerigobius wirtzi Miller, 1988 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wuhanlinigobius malayensis Huang, Zeehan & Chen, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wuhanlinigobius polylepis (Wu & Ni, 1985) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yoga pyrops (Whitley, 1954) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shadow gobyYongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.