Species Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin & Lubbock, 1979

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Amblyeleotris rhyax Polunin, N.V.C. & Lubbock, R. 1979. Five new prawn-associated gobies (Teleostei : Gobiidae) of the genus Amblyeleotris. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 36(4): 239-249 figs 1-5 [239, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1978.2.28.8, Nodup, near Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago.
  Paratype(s) USNM 218978.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island (14°40'S); tropical, QLD, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

30-45 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Steene, R., Human, P. & Deloach, N. 2003. Reef Fish Identification Tropical Pacific. Jacksonville, Florida : New World Publications, Inc. 457 pp. [304]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [866]

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. [1620]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [526]

 

Common Name References

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [526] (Volcano Shrimpgoby)

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

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] (Volcano Shrimpgoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	04-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	26-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED