Species Gnatholepis argus Larson & Buckle, 2005

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• Gnatholepis argus Larson, H.K. & Buckle, D. 2005. A new species of the circumtropical goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobionellinae) from northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 21: 67-72 [68, figs 1-5].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM S.14965-032 ♂, Turtle Reef off Field Island, NT.
  Paratype(s) AM I.19356-016; AM I.24713-005; BPBM 40168; NTM S.14965-008; NTM S.100005-034; NTM S.100006-027; NTM S.13237-038; NTM S.14966-022; NTM S.10411-026; NTM S.10033-005; QM I.37222; USNM 384336.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Gnatholepis sp. —
  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 [16, pl. IIH] (Northern Territory)
• Gnatholepis knighti Jordan & Evermann, 1903 [misidentification]. —
  Collette, B.B. 1983. Mangrove fishes of New Guinea. pp. 91–102 in Teas, H.J. Tasks for vegetation science. The Hague : Dr. W. Jung Vol. 8 188 pp. [99] (East Vernon Is., NT)
• Gnatholepis gymnocara Randall & Greenfield, 2001. —
  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 [14] (in part, paratype from Northern Territory)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago, WA to Cape Wessel, NT and Prince of Wales Island, QLD; tropical, New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, mud bottom–marine, rock reef, silt 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]

Larson, H.K. & Buckle, D.J. 2012. A revision of the goby genus Gnatholepis Bleeker (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobionellinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3529: 1–69 [22]

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 [14] (Northern Territory paratype listed for G. gymnocara is actually G. argus)

 

Common Name References

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 [199] (Peacock 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	10-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED