Species Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856
Peppered Coralgoby, Peppered Coral Goby
- Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, P. 1856. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Boeroe. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 11: 383-414 [409].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 4681, Kajeli, Buru Island, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia (as Boroe).
Introduction
The species is the juvenile phase of a species that turns black as adults. Several names are available and we use the name here for the species which most closely matches the original material. Other names available include Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fowler, 1944, Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai, 1972, Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995 and Gobiodon winterbottomi Suzuki, Yanao & Senou, 2012. Some are likely to be distinct species.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
One Tree Island, QLD (23°30'S); tropical, west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with coral (Acropora).
General References
Harold, A.S., Winterbottom, R., Munday, P.L. & Chapman, R.W. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of Indo-Pacific coral gobies of the genus Gobiodon (Teleostei: Gobiidae), based on morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of Marine Science 82(1): 119-136 [120]
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. [1656]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Peppered Coral Goby)
SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Peppered 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] (Peppered 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 | 26-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |