grass goby
Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
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
- Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
- Name authority
- (Pallas, 1814)
- Common name
- grass goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Zosterisessor
- 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
- genusZosterisessor Whitley, 1935
- speciesZosterisessor ophiocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobius gous Nardo, 1847 Nardo, 1847 | synonym |
| Gobius ophiocephalus Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
| Gobius venetiarum Nardo, 1847 Nardo, 1847 | synonym |
| Gobius viridis Otto, 1821 Otto, 1821 | ambiguous synonym |
| Gobius filamentosus Risso, 1827 Risso, 1827 | ambiguous synonym |
| Gobius lota Valenciennes, 1837 Valenciennes, 1837 | synonym |
| Gobius reticulatus Eichwald, 1831 Eichwald, 1831 | ambiguous synonym |
| Zosterisessor opiocephalus (Pallas, 1814) (Pallas, 1814) | synonym |
| Gobius ophiocephalus citrina Ninni, 1938 Ninni, 1938 | 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=126942 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:5D8KN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.