Odontamblyopus rebecca Murdy & Shibukawa, 2003
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
Odontamblyopus rebecca is a species of eel goby native to marine and brackish waters of Vietnam. This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL. This species is mostly known from several specimens collected from a fish market in Haiphong, Vietnam.
Wikipedia contributors, Odontamblyopus rebecca; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:23:19.411268+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Odontamblyopus rebecca Murdy & Shibukawa, 2003
- Name authority
- Murdy & Shibukawa, 2003
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Odontamblyopus
- 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
- subfamilyAmblyopinae Günther, 1861
- genusOdontamblyopus Bleeker, 1874
- speciesOdontamblyopus rebecca Murdy & Shibukawa, 2003
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Odontamblyopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Odontamblyopus lacepedii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Odontamblyopus rubicundus (Hamilton, 1822) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Odontamblyopus roseus (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Odontamblyopus tenuis (Day, 1876) | 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.
- Murdy, E. O., & Shibukawa, K. (2003). Odontamblyopus rebecca, a new species of amblyopine goby from Vietnam with a key to known species of the genus (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae). Zootaxa, 138: 1–6. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.138.1.1 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:48NLG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.