Species Mogurnda adspersa (Castelnau, 1878)

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• Eleotris adspersa Castelnau, F.L. de 1878. On some new Australian (chiefly) freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 3(2): 140-144 [142].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM (missing), Australia.
• Eleotris mimus De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 685-698 [690].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM I.93 (QM specimen labelled holotype, but probably is only syntype, as AM specimens are also from De Vis), Creek near Brisbane, QLD; AM I.363, Creek near Brisbane, QLD.
• Eleotris concolor De Vis, C.W. 1884. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(3): 685-698 [692].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM I.219, QLD Coast.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Allen, G.R. & Jenkins, A.P. 1999. A review of the Australian freshwater gudgeons, genus Mogurnda (Eleotridae) with descriptions of three new species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 3(4): 141-155 [144]

 

Generic Combinations

• Mogurnda adspersa (Castelnau, 1878). —
  Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [71]
• Mogurnda mogurnda adspersa (Castelnau, 1878). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [363]
  Koumans, F.P. 1953. The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Gobioidea. Leiden : Brill Vol. 10 423 pp. 95 figs. [374]
• Krefftius adspersa (Castelnau, 1878). —
  Ogilby, J.D. 1898. On some Australian Eleotrinae. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(4): 783-793 [789]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mogurnda striata (Steindachner, 1866) [Incertae sedis in Eleotridae]. —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2014)

 

Introduction

Mogurnda adspersa is a species complex consisting of at least two separate species (see Adams et al. 2013, Sasaki et al. 2016). Referred to as M. striata (Steindachner, 1866) in some older literature, however the type specimen for this species is lost and the original description is inadequate to properly determine its identity. M. striata is considered incertae sedis in Eleotridae.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal drainages from the Jeannie River Basin near Cooktown, QLD (12°23'S) to Clarence River, NSW (29°29'S), formerly common in the Murray-Darling drainage from Macquarie River, NSW (32°15'S) to Onkaparinga River, SA (35°S and 137° to 146°E) and south to Stawell in VIC (37°03'S) but currently thought to be found only near Kerang in VIC and almost extinct in all but the eastern most tributaries of the upper Darling River; subtropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Adams, M., Page, T.J., Hurwood, D.A & Hughes, J.M. 2013. A molecular assessment of species boundaries and phylogenetic affinities in Mogurnda (Eleotridae): a case study of cryptic biodiversity in the Australian freshwater fishes. Marine and Freshwater Research 64: 920-931 [928]

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [194]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [305]

Allen, G.R. & Jenkins, A.P. 1999. A review of the Australian freshwater gudgeons, genus Mogurnda (Eleotridae) with descriptions of three new species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 3(4): 141-155 [144]

Boxall, G.D., Sandberg, J.J. & Kroon, F.J. 2002. Population structure, movement and habitat preferences of the purple-spotted gudgeon Mogurnda adspersa. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 909-917

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [140]

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Eleotridae. pp. 1596-1611 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. [1605]

Hoese, D.F., Larson, H.K. & Llewellyn, L.C. 1980. Family Eleotridae: gudgeons. pp. 169-185 19 figs in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [177]

Hurwood D.A. & Hughes J.M. 1998. Phylogeography of the freshwater fish, Mogurnda adspersa, in streams of northeastern Queensland, Australia: evidence for altered drainage patterns. Molecular Ecology 7: 1507–1517

Koumans, F.P. 1953. The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Gobioidea. Leiden : Brill Vol. 10 423 pp. 95 figs. [374] (as M. mogurnda adspersus)

Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [71]

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs.

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [363] (as M. mogurnda adspersus and M. striatus)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [296]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [544]

Sasaki, M., Hammer, M.P., Unmack, P.J., Adams, M. & Beheregaray, L.B. 2016. Population genetics of a widely distributed small freshwater fish with varying conservation concerns: the southern purple-spotted gudgeon, Mogurnda adspersa. Conservation Genetics 17: 875-889

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2014, as M. striata)

 

Common Name References

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [140] (Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon)

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [556] (Chequered Gudgeon, Trout Gudgeon)

Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [71] (Purple Spotted Gudgeon)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [296] (Purple-spotted Gudgeon)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Southern Purplespotted Gudgeon)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [59] (Southern Purplespotted Gudgeon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	ELEOTRIDAE	01-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	31-May-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	28-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED