Genus Philypnodon Bleeker, 1874
- Philypnodon Bleeker, P. 1874. Esquisse d'un système naturel des gobioïdes. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 9: 289-331 [301].
Type species:
Eleotris nudiceps Castelnau, 1872 by original designation. - Gymnobutis Bleeker, P. 1874. Esquisse d'un système naturel des gobioïdes. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 9: 289-331 [304].
Type species:
Eleotris gymnocephalus Steindachner, 1866 by original designation. - Ophiorrhinus Ogilby, J.D. 1897. On some Australian Eleotrinae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21(4): 725-757 [745].
Type species:
Eleotris grandiceps Krefft, 1864 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hoese, D.F. & Reader, S. 2006. Description of a new species of dwarf Philypnodon (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63(1): 16-19 [16]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Populations of both species in this genus are thought to have declined dramatically in the Murray-Darling Basin in recent years.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
General References
Hoese, D.F. & Reader, S. 2006. Description of a new species of dwarf Philypnodon (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63(1): 16-19
Thacker, C.E., Unmack, P.J., Matsui, L., Duong P. & Huang, E. 2008. Phylogeography of Philypnodon species (Teleostei: Eleotridae) across south-eastern Australia: testing patterns of connectivity across drainage divides and among coastal rivers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 95: 175–192
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2024 | ELEOTRIDAE | 09-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 24-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |