Drombus halei Whitley, 1935
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Drombus halei, Hale's drombus, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae. It is found in the warmer waters of Australia from
Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. where it occurs around shallow inshore rocky and coral-rock reefs, where there are areas which have sea beds consisting of sand, rubble and sandy-mud, it can also sometimes be found in estuaries and near mangroves. The specific name honours Herbert M. Hale (1895-1963) who was Director of the South Australian Museum.
Wikipedia contributors, Drombus halei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:33:39.456316+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Drombus halei Whitley, 1935
- Name authority
- Whitley, 1935
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Drombus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · 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
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusDrombus Jordan & Seale, 1905
- speciesDrombus halei Whitley, 1935
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Drombus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Drombus dentifer (Hora, 1923) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus kranjiensis (Herre, 1940) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus lepidothorax Whitley, 1945 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus palackyi Jordan & Seale, 1905 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus simulus (Smith, 1960) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus globiceps (Hora, 1923) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| key gobyDrombus key (Smith, 1947) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus ocyurus (Jordan & Seale, 1907) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drombus triangularis (Weber, 1909) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Whitley, G. P. (1935). Fishes from Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide), v. 5 (no. 3): 345–365. 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:37PLY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.