island goby
Lythrypnus nesiotes Böhlke & Robins, 1960
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lythrypnus nesiotes Böhlke & Robins, 1960
- Name authority
- Böhlke & Robins, 1960
- Common name
- island goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Lythrypnus
- 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
- genusLythrypnus Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- speciesLythrypnus nesiotes Böhlke & Robins, 1960
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lythrypnus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lythrypnus alphigena Bussing, 1990 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrypnus brasiliensis Greenfield, 1988 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrypnus cobalus Bussing, 1990 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dwarf gobyLythrypnus elasson Böhlke & Robins, 1960 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrypnus gilberti (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrypnus heterochroma Ginsburg, 1939 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| okapi gobyLythrypnus okapia Robins & Böhlke, 1964 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| convict gobyLythrypnus phorellus Böhlke & Robins, 1960 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spottedcheek gobyLythrypnus rhizophora (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| distant gobyLythrypnus insularis Bussing, 1990 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lythrypnus lavenbergi Bussing, 1990 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Lythypnus nesiotes Böhlke & Robins, 1960 Böhlke & Robins, 1960 | 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.
- Böhlke, J. E., & Robins, C. R. (1960). Western Atlantic gobioid fishes of the genus Lythrypnus, with notes on Quisquilius hipoliti and Garmannia pallens. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 112: 73–101, Pls. 1–3. 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:3WVKJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.