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Gastrocymba quadriradiata (Rendahl, 1926)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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

Gastrocymba quadriradiata is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, found only around New Zealand's subantarctic islands. This species was described in 1955 by the Swedish zoologist Hialmar Rendahl from a holotype collected at Port Ross on Auckland Island.

Wikipedia contributors, Gastrocymba quadriradiata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:35:21.082702+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Gastrocymba quadriradiata (Rendahl, 1926)
Name authority
(Rendahl, 1926)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gobiesociformes
Family
Gobiesocidae
Genus
Gastrocymba
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderGobiesociformes
  11. familyGobiesocidae Bleeker, 1859
  12. subfamilyGobiesocinae Bleeker, 1859
  13. genusGastrocymba Briggs, 1955
  14. speciesGastrocymba quadriradiata (Rendahl, 1926)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 142 records assigned to Gobiesocidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Diplocrepis quadriradiatus Rendahl, 1926 Rendahl, 1926synonym

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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280818 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:3FDFH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.