Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941
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
Acentrogobius dayi, also known as Day's goby, is a species of goby found in the western Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan. It is also found in brackish and freshwater streams of south-western Asia.
Wikipedia contributors, Acentrogobius dayi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:56:25.775181+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941
- Name authority
- Koumans, 1941
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Acentrogobius
- 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
- genusAcentrogobius Bleeker, 1874
- speciesAcentrogobius dayi Koumans, 1941
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acentrogobius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius janthinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius therezieni Kiener, 1963 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius griseus (Day, 1876) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius masoni (Day, 1873) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius multifasciatus (Herre, 1927) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius pellidebilis Lee & Kim, 1992 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius simplex (Sauvage, 1880) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius suluensis (Herre, 1927) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius vanderloosi Allen, 2015 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acentrogobius nigromaculatus Koreeda & Motomura, 2025 | 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.
- Koumans, F. P. (1941). Gobioid fishes of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 13 (3): 205–329. 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:942C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.