violet goby
Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800
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 violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America from South Carolina in the United States, to northern Brazil. It prefers bays, estuaries and river mouths with muddy substrates. It is found in the aquarium trade, where it is often marketed as dragon goby or dragon fish.
Wikipedia contributors, Violet goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:54:46.141089+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800
- Name authority
- Lacepède, 1800
- Common name
- violet goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobioides
- 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
- subfamilyGobionellinae Bleeker, 1874
- genusGobioides Lacepède, 1800
- speciesGobioides broussonnetii Lacepède, 1800
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gobioides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobioides sagitta (Günther, 1862) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobioides africanus (Giltay, 1935) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Gobioides barreto Poey, 1860 Poey, 1860 | synonym |
| Gobioides broussoneti Lacepède, 1800 Lacepède, 1800 | synonym |
| Gobius brasiliensis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Gobioides broussonneti Lacepède, 1800 Lacepède, 1800 | synonym |
| Gobius oblongus Schneider, 1801 Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Amblyopus brasiliensis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | synonym |
| Cepola striata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Cepola unicolor Gronow, 1854 Gronow, 1854 | synonym |
| Amblyopus broussonetii (Lacepède, 1800) (Lacepède, 1800) | synonym |
| Amblyopus mexicanus O'Shaughnessy, 1875 O'Shaughnessy, 1875 | synonym |
| Cayennia guichenoti Sauvage, 1880 Sauvage, 1880 | 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.
- Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i–lxiv + 1–632, Pls. 1–20. 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:3GPDW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.