Species Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fowler, 1944
Whitelined Coralgoby, White-lined Coral Goby, Whitelined Coral Goby
- Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fowler, H.W. 1944. Fishes obtained in the New Hebrides by Dr. Edward L. Jackson. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: 1-408 [183, figs 30-31].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 71398, Vanuatu (as New Hebrides). - Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada, Y. & Arai, R. 1972. Gobiodon albofasciatus, a new coral-goby from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 15(3): 415-420 figs 1-6 [416, figs 3-6].
Type data:
Holotype NSMT P.17491, Ishigaki Island, Japan.
Paratype(s) NSMT P.17492.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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]
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 heterospilos Bleeker, 1856, Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & Arai, 1972 and Gobiodon winterbottomi Suzuki, Yanao & Senou, 2012. Some are likely to be distinct species. Many are found in the coral Echinopora, but this species is on different corals. Some workers (Shibukawa et al. 2013) treated Gobiodon spilophthalmus as a junior synonym of Gobiodon heterospilus. It is possible that G. spilophthalmus is a synonym of the species treated here as G. ceramensis.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Clerke Reef, WA (17°16'S) and Lizard Island (14°40'S) to One Tree Island (23°30'S), QLD; tropical, west Pacific.
IMCRA
Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with coral (Pocilloporidae).
General References
Duchene, D., Klanten, S.O., Munday, P.L., Herler, J. & van Herwerden, L. 2013. Phylogenetic evidence for recent diversification of obligate coral-dwelling gobies compared with their host corals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 123-132
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. [1657]
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]
Shibukawa, K., Suzuki, T. & Aizawa, M. 2013. Gobiodon aoyagii, a new coral goby (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae, Gobiinae) from the West Pacific, with redescription of a similarly-colored congener Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker, 1875. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science A 39(3): 143-165 [144]
Common Name References
Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [256] (White-lined Coral Goby)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitelined Coral Goby)
SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Whitelined 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] (Whitelined 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 |