dusky frill-goby
Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830)
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 dusky frillgoby (Bathygobius fuscus), also known as the brown frillfin, is a species of goby which is found in the Indo-Pacific region from the South Africa north to the Red Sea and east as far as Tonga, south to Australia and north to Japan. It is a mainly coastal speciesbut it has an amphidromous life cycle and it occurs in estuaries and will move into in freshwater streams. In estuarine areas it is found mainly in the creeks preferring environments with sand and rubble, soft coral and open reefs. It feeds on detritus, as well as feeding on crustaceans, fish and algae and it is a benthic spawner. The maximum total length is 12 centimetres (4.7 in).
Wikipedia contributors, Bathygobius fuscus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:59:58.986330+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830)
- Name authority
- (Rüppell, 1830)
- Common name
- dusky frill-goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Bathygobius
- 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
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusBathygobius Bleeker, 1878
- speciesBathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bathygobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bathygobius krefftii (Steindachner, 1866) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius burtoni (O'Shaughnessy, 1875) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius aeolosoma (Ogilby, 1889) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius casamancus (Rochebrune, 1880) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett, 1832) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner, 1879) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| notchtongue gobyBathygobius curacao (Metzelaar, 1919) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roundfin gobyBathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius fishelsoni Goren, 1978 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius hongkongensis Lam, 1986 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygobius lacertus (Poey, 1860) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
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=209215 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:68DXG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.