citron goby
Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838)
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
Gobiodon citrinus, the poison goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and the coast of Africa to the western Pacific Ocean to Japan, Samoa and the Great Barrier Reef. They are reef dwellers being found at depths of from 2 to 20 metres (7 to 66 ft) and in association with Acropora corals. The mucus produced by this fish is toxic. They grow to a length of 6.6 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. They have varied body colour and could be either dark brown, or pale yellow. They also have blue vertical lines that go around their eyes and gills. This species is also found in the aquarium trade and has been reared in the aquarium.
Wikipedia contributors, Gobiodon citrinus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:54:06.456968+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838)
- Name authority
- (Rüppell, 1838)
- Common name
- citron goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobiodon
- 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
- genusGobiodon Bleeker, 1856
- speciesGobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gobiodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai, 1972 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman, 1903 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon fulvus Herre, 1927 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon multilineatus Wu, 1979 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon oculolineatus Wu, 1979 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fowler, 1944 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon winterbottomi Suzuki, Yanao & Senou, 2012 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Gobius citrinus Rüppell, 1838 Rüppell, 1838 | synonym |
| Gobiodon hypselopterus Bleeker, 1875 Bleeker, 1875 | 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=219479 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:3GPCN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.