tank goby
Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)
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.
Tank goby, Glossogobius giuris, ca 52 mm SL. From Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Glossogobius giuris, the tank goby, is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters from the Red Sea and East Africa through South Asia and the Indian Ocean to China, Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade. It is also known as the bar-eyed goby, flat-headed goby and the Gangetic tank goby.
Wikipedia contributors, Tank goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:49:10.443701+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)
- Name authority
- (Hamilton, 1822)
- Common name
- tank goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Glossogobius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · 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
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusGlossogobius Gill, 1859
- speciesGlossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Glossogobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Glossogobius bellendenensis Hoese & Allen, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius brunnoides (Nichols, 1951) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius celebius (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius clitellus Hoese & Allen, 2012 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius coatesi Hoese & Allen, 1990 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius concavifrons (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius flavipinnis (Aurich, 1938) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius hoesei Allen & Boeseman, 1982 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius koragensis Herre, 1935 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius mahalonensis Hoese, Hadiaty & Herder, 2015 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius minutus Geevarghese & John, 1983 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossogobius muscorum Hoese & Allen, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
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=219471 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.
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:3GDNT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.