Species Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)
Tank Goby, Flathead Goby, Ganges Goby
- Gobius giuris Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and its Branches. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable 405 pp., pls 1-39. [51, 366, pl. 33(15)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Gangetic River region, India. - Gobius platycephalus Richardson, J. 1846. Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Transactions. Report of the 12th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1845: 187-320 [204, 318].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Macao, China. - Eleotris laticeps De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 685-698 [692].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.220, QLD coast.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Koumans, F.P. 1953. The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Gobioidea. Leiden : Brill Vol. 10 423 pp. 95 figs. [165]
- Akihito & Meguro, K. 1975. Description of a new gobiid fish, Glossogobius aureus, with notes on related species of the genus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 22(3): 127-142 figs 1-3 [138]
Generic Combinations
- Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822). —
Koumans, F.P. 1931. A Preliminary Revision of the Genera of the Gobioid Fishes with United Ventral Fins. Lisse : Proefschrift Drukkerij Imperator N.V. 174 pp. [69] - Glossogobius gutum (Hamilton, 1822). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] - Glossogobius platycephalus (Richardson, 1846). —
Gill, T.N. 1861. Description of a new generic form of Gobiinae from the Amazon River. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 7(10): 45-48 [46] (changed combination as type of genus Glossogobius)
Introduction
The species name has been applied to a number of species. It is unclear if Australian material is identical to material from the central and western Indian Ocean. The species is frequently confused with G. aureus in Australia. Gobius gutum from India is somtimes regarded as a synonym, but is now known to be a species of Awaous from India.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ashburton River, WA (22°33'S, 114°47'E)) to Fitzroy River, QLD (23°21'S), with possible gap from east of Darwin to northeastern Queensland; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Distribution References
- Allen, G.R. & Leggett, R. 1990. A collection of freshwater fishes from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 527-545 fig. 1 [541]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [198]
- Morgan, D.L. 2010. Fishes of the King Edward River in the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 351–368 [363]
- Morgan, D.L., Allen, G.R., Pusey, B.J. & Burrows, D.W. 2011. A review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2816: 1-64 [18] (some records probably include Glossogobius aureus, which occurs in the same rivers of Western Australia)
- Morgan, D.L., Allen, M.G., Bedford, P. & Horstman, M. 2004. Fish fauna of the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia – including the Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Ngarinyin, Nyikina and Walmajarii Aboriginal names. Records of the Western Australian Museum 22: 147-161 [150]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, freshwater, sand bottom marine.
General References
Akihito & Meguro, K. 1975. Description of a new gobiid fish, Glossogobius aureus, with notes on related species of the genus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 22(3): 127-142 figs 1-3
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [73] (in part)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [373]
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [311] (in part)
Pusey, B.J., Burrows, D.W., Kennard, M.J., Perna, C.N., Unmack. P.J., Allsop, Q. & Hammer, M.P. 2017. Freshwater fishes of northern Australia. Zootaxa 4253(1): 1-104 [73]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2081, as Glossogobius gutum)
Common Name References
FAO-FIES 2017. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (Tank Goby)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [311] (Flathead Goby)
Pollard, J. (ed.) 1980. G.P. Whitley's Handbook of Australian Fishes. North Sydney : Jack Pollard Publishing Pty Ltd 629 pp. [459] (Ganges Goby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Tank 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 [57] (Tank Goby)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | GOBIOIDEI | 08-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 14-May-2015 | GOBIOIDEI | 10-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |