Gobiodon howsoni Allen, 2021
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
- Gobiodon howsoni Allen, 2021
- Name authority
- Allen, 2021
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobiodon
- 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
- genusGobiodon Bleeker, 1856
- speciesGobiodon howsoni Allen, 2021
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Gobiodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai, 1972 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman, 1903 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon fulvus Herre, 1927 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon multilineatus Wu, 1979 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon oculolineatus Wu, 1979 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fowler, 1944 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon winterbottomi Suzuki, Yanao & Senou, 2012 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & Suzuki, 2013 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856 | 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.
- Allen, G. R. (2021). Gobiodon howsoni, a new species of coral reef fish (Gobiidae: Teleostei) from Rowley Shoals, Western Australia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 27 (1): 11–20. 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:D58GW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.