Species Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911)

Museums

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External Links

• Gobius mertoni Weber, M. 1911. Die Fische der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Ein Beitrag zur Zoogeographie dieser Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 1-49 figs 1-11 pls 1-2 [37, figs 5, 6].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 6699, Panua Bori River, Sungei Manumbai, Wokam, Aru Island, Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMA 112.660, Aru Island, Indonesia; SMF 6692–6698.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Larson, H.K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 62: 1-233 [149].
• Tamanka mindora Herre, A.W.C.T. 1945. Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. XVIII.--Two new species of Tamanka, with a key to the species from the Philippines and China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 73-76 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS(SU) 39885, Mangrove swamp at Hacienda Waterous, Mangarin, Mindoro, Philippine.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Larson, H.K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 62: 1-233 [143]

 

Generic Combinations

• Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911). —
  Larson, H.K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 62: 1-233 [143]
• Mugilogobius mindora (Herre, 1945). —
  Larson, H.K. 1996. Report on the biological resource survey of the Roper River system, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia: coastal and estuarine fishes. Report to Mount Isa Mines Holdings, Brisbane. 16 pp. [11]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Mugilogobius sp. —
  Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [165]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East of Darwin, NT to Brisbane, QLD (27°17'S); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, freshwater, inshore, mud 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. [1665]

Larson, H.K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 62: 1-233 [142]

Larson, H.K. & Lim, K.K.P. 2005. A guide to the gobies of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 164 pp. [119]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Chequered Mangrove Goby)

SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Chequered Mangrovegoby)

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] (Chequered Mangrovegoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	04-Jul-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	10-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED