Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gobiiformes > Family Gobiidae > Subfamily Gobiinae > Genus Thorogobius

Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thorogobius*	Miller, 1969	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gobius ephippiatus*	Lowe, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: leopardkutling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: luipaardgrondel

English: leopard-spotted goby sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

French: gobie; gobie léopard sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Leopardengrundel sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Λεοπαρδαλογωβιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: rødflekket kutling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: raudflekka kutling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: leopardbult sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kaya baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gobi mannog

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1839 (pt 7): 76-92.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase images (Thorogobius ephippiatus, Sweden, by Salesjö, A.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126937