Species Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji, 1936)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Ctenogobius meggitti Hora, S.L. & Mukerji, D.D. 1936. Notes on fishes in the Indian Museum. XXVII. On two collections of fish from Maungmagan, Tavoy District, Lower Burma. Records of the Indian Museum 38(1): 15-39 figs 1-6 pl. 1 [30, fig. 6, pl. 1(3, 4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI F.11871/1, Maungmagan, Tavoy District, Burma.

 

Generic Combinations

• Bathygobius meggitti (Hora & Mukerji, 1936). —
  Sadovy,Y. & Cornish, A.S. 2000. Reef fishes of Hong Kong. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 321 pp. [242]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bathygobius sp. 9. —
  Hoese, D.F. 1986. Family No. 240: Gobiidae. pp. 774-807 figs in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [782]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Barrow Island, WA (20°46'S) to Townsville, QLD (19°15'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, estuary, inshore.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [962]

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. [1628]

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [782] (as Bathygobius sp. 9)

 

Common Name References

Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal Fishes of Oman. Bathurst : Crawford House Publishing 439 pp. [328] (Meggitt's Goby)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Meggitt's Frillgoby)

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [782] (as Bathygobius sp. 9) (Brownlined 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 [56] (Meggitt's Frillgoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	30-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	31-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED