Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister, 1933)
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
Elacatinus chancei, the shortstripe goby, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae. It lives inside or on the surface of a sponge and occurs in tropical waters in the west central Atlantic Ocean, the Bahamas, the Antilles, and Venezuela.
Wikipedia contributors, Elacatinus chancei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:34:43.469031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister, 1933)
- Name authority
- (Beebe & Hollister, 1933)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Elacatinus
- 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
- genusElacatinus Jordan, 1904
- speciesElacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister, 1933)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elacatinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Elacatinus lori Colin, 2002 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotlight gobyElacatinus louisae (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| neon gobyElacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus phthirophagus Sazima, Carvalho-Filho & Sazima, 2008 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus serranilla Randall & Lobel, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowprow gobyElacatinus xanthiprora (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus cayman Victor, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus centralis Victor, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus jarocho Taylor & Akins, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus lobeli Randall & Colin, 2009 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Gobiosoma chancei Beebe & Hollister, 1933 Beebe & Hollister, 1933 | 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=280598 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:6DZY4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.