Species Oxyeleotris aruensis (Weber, 1911)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Eleotris (Oxyeleotris) aruensis 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 [33, pl. 1(5)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA 110.973, Aru Island, Indonesia; MHNB 2748, Aru Island, Indonesia; SMF 6745-6758, Aru Island, Indonesia; SMF 7400-7407, Aru Island, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Oxyeleotris aruensis (Weber, 1911). —
  Fowler, H.W. 1928. The fishes of Oceania. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 10: 1-540 figs 1-82 pls 1-49 [390]

 

Introduction

This species is difficult to separate from and sometimes misidentified as Oxyeleotris fimbriata. Both are found in rivers of Cape York, but this species is currently known from much further south on the east coast of Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western Cape York (Wenlock River 12°18'S and Jardine River, 11°10'S) and eastern Cape York from Pascoe River (12°42'S) and an isolated population from the Mulgrave River to the Murray River, QLD (18°03'S) and possibly south to Rockhampton (23°50'S), QLD; tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [196]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [311]

Allen, G.R. & Hoese, D.F. 1980. A collection of fishes from the Jardine River, Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 63(2): 53-61 figs 1-2 (as Oxyeleotris sp. A)

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. [1607]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [487]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [196] (Aru Gudgeon)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	ELEOTRIDAE	08-Sep-2021	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	01-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	29-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED