Species Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837)

Museums

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External Links

• Eleotris muralis Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 12 507 pp. pls 344-368. [253, pl. 357].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP A.1577, Tukopia.
• Eleotris trabeatus Richardson, J. 1843. Icones Piscium, or plates of rare fishes. London : Richard & John E. Taylor 8 pp. 5 pls. [5, pl. 2(2)] [based on painting of specimen not kept].

  Type data:

   Holotype Depuch Island, WA.
• Eleotris lineata Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne. [24].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Cape York, QLD.
• Eleotris nigrifilis Ogilby, J.D. 1897. On some Australian Eleotrinae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21(4): 725-757 [754] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Eleotris lineata Castelnau, 1875].
• Valenciennea aruensis Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On new or insufficiently described fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 1-55 [Date published 1911] [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ? (missing), Aru Island, Indonesia.
  Paratype(s) QM I.1580; AM I.9485; AM I.12526.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 1994. Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Valenciennea, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 23: 1-71 11 figs, 6 pls [32]

 

Generic Combinations

• Calleleotris lineata (Castelnau, 1875). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 [367]
• Valenciennesia muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). —
  Bleeker, P. 1875. Notice sur les Eleotriformes et description de trois espèces nouvelles. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 10: 101-112 [106]
• Eleotriodes muralis (Bleeker, 1857). —
  Bleeker, P. 1857. Index descriptionum specierum piscium Bleekerianarum in voluminibus I Ad XIV Diarii Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Batavae. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 14: 447-486 [465]
• Callieleotris (Gergobius) muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1932. Fishes. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(9): 267-316 figs 1-5 pls 1-4 [300]
• Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837). —
  Jordan, D.S. & Snyder, J.O. 1901. A review of the gobioid fishes of Japan with descriptions of twenty-one new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24(1244): 33-132 figs 1-33 [42]
• Gergobius taeniura (Macleay, 1881). —
  Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Ningaloo, WA to Masthead Island, QLD (22°32'S); tropical east-Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, nectonic, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Constructs burrow, 1-15 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [987]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [136]

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 1994. Revision of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Valenciennea, with descriptions of seven new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 23: 1-71 11 figs, 6 pls [32]

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. [1693]

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [221]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part III. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 329–436 (as Calleleotris muralis and C. lineata)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [410]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [55] (2031, as Gergobius muralis and 2032, as Gergobius taeniura)

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1981. Australian Sea Fishes North of 30°S. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 297 pp. [245] (Mural Goby)

Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls. [221] (Mural Sleeper)

Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls. [377] (Lined Gudgeon)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [410] (Striped Goby)

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

SSA 2006. Australian Standard Fish Names List. Version 1. July 2006. (Mural Glidergoby)

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] (Mural Glidergoby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018	GOBIOIDEI	29-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
14-May-2015	GOBIOIDEI	17-Mar-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED