Species Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans, 1941)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Cottogobius bilobatus Koumans, F.P. 1941. Gobioid fishes of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 13: 205-329 [253] [from the Latin adjective lobatus = lobed].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM 203588, India.
  Paralectotype(s) ZSI F.5451/2; ZSI F.5452/2; RMNH 16937; USNM 203587.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Larson, H.K. & Hoese, D.F. 1980. Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A systematischer Teil, XXIII Gobiidae. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse D 32: 33-43 figs 528-538 [34].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pleurosicya bilobatus (Koumans, 1941). —
  Larson, H.K. & Hoese, D.F. 1980. Fische des Indischen Ozeans. Ergebnisse der ichthyologischen Untersuchungen während der Expedition des Forschungsschiffes Meteor in den Indischen Ozean, Oktober 1964 bis Mai 1965. A systematischer Teil, XXIII Gobiidae. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse D 32: 33-43 figs 528-538 [34]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals (17°05'S), WA and Sydney, NSW (33°51'S); tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, seagrass.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [904]

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. [1675]

Larson, H.K. 1990. A revision of the commensal gobiid fish genera Pleusosicya and Luposicya (Gobiidae), with descriptions of eight new species of Pleusosicya and discussion of related genera. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 7(1): 1-53 figs 1-29 pls 1-3

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. [258]

 

Common Name References

Myers, R.F. 1989. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Guam : Coral Graphics 298 pp. [242] (Bilobed Ghost Goby)

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

SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Seagrass Ghostgoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	13-Sep-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	29-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED