Species Chlamydogobius squamigenus Larson, 1995

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chlamydogobius squamigenus Larson, H.K. 1995. A review of the Australian endemic gobiid fish genus Chlamydogobius with descriptions of five new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 12: 19-51 figs 1-14 pls 1-2 [42, figs 3-4, 13-14].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA F.6595, spring north-east of Edgbaston Station Homestead, QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA F.7676; SAMA F.6738; SAMA F.7206; SAMA 7184.

 

Introduction

The species is listed as Endangered in Queensland under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and Vulnerable nationally under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The species was listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN in 1996.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From artesian springs in the Edgbaston Station area, central QLD (22°48'S, 144°54'E); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Desert Uplands (DEU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [265]

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. [1635]

Larson, H.K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 62: 1-233 [66]

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1064]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [265] (Edgbaston Goby)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	02-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	16-Mar-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED