Species Afurcagobius suppositus (Sauvage, 1880)
Southwestern Goby, South-western Goby
- Gobius suppositus Sauvage, H.E. 1880. Description des gobioides nouveaux ou peu connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7 4: 40-58 [41] [indicated as n.sp., but also stated in footnote Gobius obscurus Castelnau, non G. obscurus Peters, 1855, regarded here as a new species description].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.1886, Swan River, WA
Comment: only one specimen mentioned. - Eleotris obscurus Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 8. Fishes of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 123-149 [134] [junior primary homonym of Eleotris obscura Temminck & Schlegel, 1845].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP A.1886 (syntype is also holotype of Gobius suppositus), Fremantle, WA. - Eleotris castelnaui Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(4): 510-629 pls 13-14 [620] [nom. nov. for Eleotris obscurus Castelnau, 1873].
- Glossogobius vomer Whitley, G.P. 1929. Studies in Ichthyology No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 17(3): 101-143 figs 1-5 pls 30-34 [135, pl. 32(1)].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.11234, Swan River, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gill, H.S. 1993. Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(2): 175-210 figs 1-16 [198]
Generic Combinations
- Arenigobius castelnaui (Macleay, 1881). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] - Favonigobius suppositus (Sauvage, 1880). —
Chubb, C.F., Hutchins, J.B., Lenanton, R.C.J. & Potter, I.C. 1979. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Swan-Avon river system, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 1-55 [37] - Afurcagobius suppositus (Sauvage, 1880). —
Gill, H.S. 1993. Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(2): 175-210 figs 1-16 [178] (changed combination as type of genus Afurcagobius) - Glossogobius suppositus (Sauvage, 1880). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Denmark River (117°15'E) to Moore River (32°59'S), WA, possibly east to SA; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, inshore, mud bottom-marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Sometimes in freshwater in lower reaches of rivers
General References
Gill, H.S. 1993. Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(2): 175-210 figs 1-16
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. [1617]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [370] (as Gobius suppositus and p. 373, as Glossogobius vomer)
Morgan, D.L. & Gill, H.S. 2000. Fish associations within the different inland habitats of lower south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 31-37 [36]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2059, as Arenigobius castelnaui and 2079, as Glossogobius suppositus)
Common Name References
Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [44] (South-western Goby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Southwestern 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 [55] (Southwestern Goby)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 01-Jun-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 11-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |