Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972
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
The yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae), also known as the Okinawa goby or yellow coral goby, is a member of the goby family native to the western Pacific, from southern Japan (including Okinawa) to the southern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef. As the common name implies, this goby is bright yellow in color, save for a whitish patch on each cheek.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow clown goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:39:08.862600+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972
- Name authority
- Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972
- 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 okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972
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 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 |
| Gobiodon unicolor (Castelnau, 1873) | 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.
- Sawada, Y., Arai, R., & Abe, T. (1972). Gobiodon okinawae, a new coral-goby from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 57–62. 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:3GPD4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.