Species Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Gobius anjerensis Bleeker, P. 1851. Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Blennioïden en Gobioïden van den Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 1: 236-258 [251, fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Neotype BPBM 26651 ♀, Boenakeng Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia (original type locality Anjer, Java).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Randall, J.E. & Greenfield, D.W. 2001. A preliminary review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fishes of the genus Gnatholepis. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 69: 1-17 [3].

 

Generic Combinations

• Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851). —
  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. [86]

 

Introduction

Because of the confusion between this species and Gnatholepis cauruensis earlier literature records often cannot be reliably assigned to species.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef and Cartier Reef, Timor Sea, Long Island, WA (28°29'S) to One Tree Island, QLD, records from Christmas Island require confirmation; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, sand bottom marine.

 

General References

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. [1654]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [98]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2067)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications. [2474] (Orange Ear Goby)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [974] (Eyebar Goby)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [85] (Yellowspot Goby)

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [347] (Eye-bar Sand-goby)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [402] (Shoulderspot Goby)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shoulderspot Sandgoby)

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] (Shoulderspot Sandgoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	03-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	07-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED