Species Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom, 1999
Rasp Coralgoby, Rasp Coral Goby, Small-eyed Goby
- Gobiodon brochus Harold, A.S. & Winterbottom, R. 1999. Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western south Pacific, with description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999: 49-57 figs 1-5 [50, figs 1-5].
Type data:
Holotype ROM 45616, Dravuni Island, Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji.
Paratype(s) ROM 45614; ROM 45617-45620; ROM 64436; ROM 69539; ROM 70105; ROM 1482CS; USNM 340094; USNM 340097; USNM 340437.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Gobiodon micropus Günther, 1861 [misidentificatioin]. —
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. [403]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ashmore Reef, WA (12°15'S) and Sir Charles Hardy Island (11°55'S) to One Tree Island (23°30'S), QLD; tropical, west-central Pacific (east to Tonga).
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with coral (Acropora).
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. [1655]
Munday, P.L., Harold, A.S. & Winterbottom, R.W. 1999. Guide to coral-dwelling gobies, genus Gobiodon (Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 26: 53-58 [56]
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. [403] (as Gobiodon micropus)
Common Name References
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. [403] (Small-eyed Goby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Rasp Coral Goby)
SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Rasp Coralgoby)
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] (Rasp Coralgoby)
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 | 25-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |