Species Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853

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External Links

• Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, P. 1853. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V–X. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4: 243-302 [275] [derivation is apparently from the Greek akanthos = spine or thorn + poma = cover, transliterated to a masculine noun by Bleeker].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 25934 (formerly RMNH 4815), western Sumatra, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Culius acanthopomus (Bleeker, 1853). —
  Bleeker, P. 1856. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Boeroe. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 11: 383-414 [411]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Eleotris acanthopoma Bleeker, 1853 [treated species name as an adjective]. —
  Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [318]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Tribulation, WA (16°04'S); tropical, west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, freshwater, inshore.

 

General References

Akihito, P. 1967. On four species of gobiid fishes of the genus Eleotris found in Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 14(4/6): 135-166 figs 1-30 [152]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [318]

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Eleotridae. pp. 1596-1611 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. [1599]

Nakabo, T. (ed.) 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition. Tokyo : Toikai University Press pp. 867-1749. [1150]

 

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. [318] (Spinecheek Gudgeon)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spine-cheek Gudgeon)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [59] (Spine-cheek Gudgeon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	ELEOTRIDAE	03-Sep-2021	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	31-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	20-Aug-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED