freshwater goby
Ctenogobius shufeldti (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ctenogobius shufeldti (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887)
- Common name
- freshwater goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Ctenogobius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobionellinae Bleeker, 1874
- genusCtenogobius Gill, 1858
- speciesCtenogobius shufeldti (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ctenogobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ctenogobius lepturus (Pfaff, 1933) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longtail gobyCtenogobius sagittula (Günther, 1862) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenogobius vexillifer Fowler, 1937 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| darter gobyCtenogobius boleosoma (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenogobius clarki Evermann & Shaw, 1927 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blotchcheek gobyCtenogobius fasciatus Gill, 1858 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mangrove gobyCtenogobius manglicola (Jordan & Starks, 1895) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenogobius phenacus (Pezold & Lasala S., 1987) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slashcheek gobyCtenogobius pseudofasciatus (Gilbert & Randall, 1971) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dash gobyCtenogobius saepepallens (Gilbert & Randall, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ctenogobius shennongensis Yang & Xie, 1983 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| emerald gobyCtenogobius smaragdus (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobionellus shufeldti (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887) (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887) | synonym |
| Gobius shufeldti Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887 Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276490 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:325WS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.