checked goby
Redigobius dewaali (Weber, 1897)
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
Redigobius dewaali, the checked goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa from Mozambique and South Africa. This species inhabits fresh and brackish waters of estuaries, lakes and floodplain pans where there is plentiful vegetation. It can reach a length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.
Wikipedia contributors, Checked goby; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:57:01.868742+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Redigobius dewaali (Weber, 1897)
- Name authority
- (Weber, 1897)
- Common name
- checked goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Redigobius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · 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
- genusRedigobius Herre, 1927
- speciesRedigobius dewaali (Weber, 1897)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Redigobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Redigobius amblyrhynchus (Bleeker, 1878) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius balteatus (Herre, 1935) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius balteatops (Smith, 1959) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius lekutu Larson, 2010 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius nanus Larson, 2010 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius penango (Popta, 1922) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius bikolanus (Herre, 1927) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius chrysosoma (Bleeker, 1875) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius dispar (Peters, 1868) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius isognathus (Bleeker, 1878) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius macrostoma (Günther, 1861) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redigobius oyensi (de Beaufort, 1913) | 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 dewaali Weber, 1897 Weber, 1897 | synonym |
| Mugilogobius pongolensis Kok & Blaber, 1977 Kok & Blaber, 1977 | synonym |
| Redigobius dewaalii (Weber, 1897) (Weber, 1897) | synonym |
| Stigmatogobius dewaali (Weber, 1897) (Weber, 1897) | synonym |
| Gobius dewaalii Weber, 1897 Weber, 1897 | synonym |
| Gobius maxillaris Davies, 1948 Davies, 1948 | synonym |
| Redigobius pongolensis (Kok & Blaber, 1977) (Kok & Blaber, 1977) | 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=219557 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:4RP98. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.