Species Taenioides mordax (De Vis, 1883)

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External Links

• Leme mordax De Vis, C.W. 1883. Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(2): 283-289 [286].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM I.81, Murray River, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Taenioides mordax (De Vis, 1883). —
  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. [3594]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860). —
  Koumans, F.P. 1940. Results of re-examination of types and specimens of gobioid fishes, with notes on the fish fauna of the surroundings of Batavia. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 22: 121-210

 

Introduction

The species was listed as a possible synonym of Taenioides cirratus by Koumans (1940, 1953) and may not be a distinct species, but probably a synonym of T. anguillaris.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Derby, WA and Cooktown, QLD (15°28'S), to Hawkesbury River, NSW (33°45'S); tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, burrower, estuary, 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. [1686]

Koumans, F.P. 1940. Results of re-examination of types and specimens of gobioid fishes, with notes on the fish fauna of the surroundings of Batavia. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 22: 121-210 [205]

Koumans, F.P. 1953. The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Gobioidea. Leiden : Brill Vol. 10 423 pp. 95 figs. [271]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [380] (as Leme mordax)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [56] (2114, as Leme mordax)

 

Common Name References

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

SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Eastern Eelgoby)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [58] (Eastern Eelgoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	19-Oct-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	02-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED