Species Hypseleotris garawudjirri Shelley, Delaval & Le Feuvre, 2023

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• Hypseleotris garawudjirri Shelley, J.J., Delaval, A. & Le Feuvre, M.C. 2023. A revision of the gudgeon genus Hypseleotris (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) of northwest Australia, describing three new species and synonymizing the genus Kimberleyeleotris. Zootaxa 5311(3): 340-374. [360, figs 7-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.35283.001, Bachsten Creek at Bachsten Track crossing, Calder River catchment, Kimberley region, Western Australia [16°03’17.73’’S, 125°12’49.58’’E].
  Paratype(s) NMV A.31740-018 to 20; NMV A.31740-002; NMV A.31766-007 and -008; NMV A.31453-005 to -009.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hypseleotris sp. 2. —
  Shelley, J.J. & Le Feuvre, M.C. 2018. Family Eleotridae. pp. 174-203 in Shelley, J.J., Morgan, D.L., Hammer, M.P., Le Feuvre, M.C., Moore, G.I., Gomon, M.F., Allen, M.G. & Saunders, T. A Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of the Kimberley. Murdoch, Western Australia : Murdoch University 262 pp. [186]
  Thacker C.E., Geiger D.L., Unmack, P.J. 2022. Species delineation and systematics of a hemiclonal hybrid complex in Australian freshwaters (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae: Hypseleotris). Royal Society Open Science 9(220201): 1-19 [Date published 5 July 2022]
• Hypseleotris kimberleyensis non Hoese & Allen, 1982. —
  Allen, G.R. & Leggett, R. 1990. A collection of freshwater fishes from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 527-545 fig. 1 [540] (in part, Calder River)
  Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [292] (in part, Calder River)
  Thacker, C. & Unmack, P.J. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of the eleotrid genus Hypseleotris (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae), with redescription of H. cyprinoides. Records of the Australian Museum 57: 1-13 [2] (in part, Calder River)
  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. [1603] (in part, Calder River)
  Morgan, D.L., Allen, G.R., Pusey, B.J. & Burrows, D.W. 2011. A review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2816: 1-64 [18, fig. 43] (in part, Calder River)

 

Introduction

Calder River populations were treated as Hypseleotris kimberleyensis in previous studies.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Charnley, Calder and Sale rivers that drain westward off the Kimberley Plateau, WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

Common Name References

Shelley, J.J., Delaval, A. & Le Feuvre, M.C. 2023. A revision of the gudgeon genus Hypseleotris (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) of northwest Australia, describing three new species and synonymizing the genus Kimberleyeleotris. Zootaxa 5311(3): 340-374. [360] (Bachsten Gudgeon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	ELEOTRIDAE	08-Jul-2023	ADDED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)