Species Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill, 1860)

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External Links

• Triaenophorus trigonocephalus Gill, T.N. 1860. Prodromus descriptionis familiae Gobioidarum duorum generum novorum. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 7: 16-19 [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMM P3123, Hong Kong.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gill, 1860). —
  Tomiyama, I. 1936. 5. Gobiidae of Japan. Japanese Journal of Zoology 7(1): 37-112 figs 1-44 [96]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Sydney, NSW (33°51'S) to Port Kembla, NSW (34°27'E), Port Phillip Bay, VIC (145°02'E), near Adelaide, SA and Swan River (31°53'S) to near Bunbury, WA temperate, Japan.

Introduced from Japan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, freshwater, inshore, sand bottom marine, seagrass.

 

General References

Akihito, P. & Sakamoto, K. 1989. Reexamination of the status of the striped goby. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 36(1): 100-112 figs 1-7

Hammer, M.P. 2006. Range extensions for four estuarine gobies (Pisces: Gobiidae) in southern Australia: historically overlooked native taxa or recent arrivals. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 130(2): 187-196 [187]

Hoese, D.F. 1973. The introduction of the gobiid fishes Acanthogobius flavimanus and Tridentiger trigonocephalus into Australia. Koolewong 2(3): 3-5 1 fig. [3]

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 1994. Family Gobiidae. pp. 781-810, figs 690-714 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2006. Family Gobiidae. pp. 1612-1697 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1687]

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2008. Family Gobiidae. pp. 749-773 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [773]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [98]

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [346]

Paxton, J.R. & Hoese, D.F. 1985. The Japanese sea bass, Lateolabrax japonicus (Pisces, Percichthyidae), an apparent marine introduction into Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(4): 369-372 fig. 1 [370]

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [809] (Trident Goby, Striped Tripletooth Goby)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [85] (Japanese Goby)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Trident Goby)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [58] (Trident Goby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	19-Oct-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	25-Mar-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED