Species Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977

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• Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock, R. & Polunin, N.V.C. 1977. Notes on the Indo-west Pacific genus Ctenogobiops (Teleostei : Gobiidae) with descriptions of three new species. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84(2): 505-514 figs 1-10 pls 1-3 [509, figs 5-8, pl. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1975.5.5.22, Île Amédée, New Caledonia.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1976.9.22.1–2; MHNG 1545.39.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Clerke Reef (17°20'S) to Ashmore Reef (12°15'S), WA and Escape Reef (15°49'S) to off Gladstone (24°06'S), QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, commensal, coral reef, inshore, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In burrows associated with alpheid shrimps.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [215]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [876]

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. [1640]

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [230]

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [240]

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. [531]

Randall, J.E., Shao, K.-T. & Chen, J.-P. 2003. A review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Ctenogobiops, with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Studies 42(4): 506-515 [508]

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [230] (Pale Shrimp-goby)

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. [531] (Fierce Shrimpgoby)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Fierce 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 [56] (Fierce Shrimpgoby)

 

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	25-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED