Glossogobius hoesei Allen & Boeseman, 1982
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
Glossogobius hoesei, Hoese's goby, is a species of goby endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes in West Papua, Indonesia where it can be found on muddy or gravel substrates as well as in small tributary streams. This species can reach a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Douglass Fielding Hoese of the Australian Museum in Sydney who has made an important contribution to the study of fishes in the order Gobiiformes.
Wikipedia contributors, Hoese's goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:37:12.976856+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Glossogobius hoesei Allen & Boeseman, 1982
- Name authority
- Allen & Boeseman, 1982
- 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: 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
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusGlossogobius Gill, 1859
- speciesGlossogobius hoesei Allen & Boeseman, 1982
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 |
| tank gobyGlossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) | 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 |
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.
- Allen, G. R., & Boeseman, M. (1982). A collection of freshwater fishes from western New Guinea with descriptions of two new species (Gobiidae and Eleotridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, 10 (pt 2): 67–103. 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:3GDNX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.