ARCYGOBIUS BALIURUS - (VALENCIENNES, 1837)
Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobioidei (Suborder) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Arcygobius (Genus)
Gobie à queue tachetée, Isthmus goby, 捷泳颌鳞鰕虎鱼, 莫桑比克妙音鰕虎魚,
Synonymes
Acentrogobius baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gnatholepis calliurus (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Gobius atherinoides (Peters, 1855)
Gobius baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Isthmogobius baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8-9; Longitudinal scale series: 22-26; Ctenoid body scales and on nape; Predorsal scales: 8-11; Cheek and opercle without scales; Body depth: 5.5-6.1 in SL. Body moderately elongate and compressed. Head subcylindrical or somewhat compressed; lower jaw slightly projecting beyond upper jaw; gill opening broad, extending anteriorly to below eye. Pelvic fins fused medially; frenum present. Scales on body ctenoid; predorsal area, cheek and dorsal part of operculum with large cycloid scales. Sensory canals and pores present on head; numerous transverse rows of sensory papillae on cheek; semi-translucent grey body with brown and white spotting; lower side of body with row of double blackish spots; pelvic fins united and frenum present; rounded caudal fin, about equal to head length. Max length: 10.2 cm SL. Depth range: 3 - 25 m, usually: 10 - 15 m.
Color
Head and body beige or grayish brown dorsally, paler ventrally, with indistinct dusky mottles; a conspicuous black spot, as large as pupil, at caudalfin base.
Etymology
Arcygobius: from Greek, arcy = net + from Latin, gobius = gudgeon. Referring to net-like pattern of body.
baliurus: from the type Locality, Bali + from Malay, urus = gouvernance, governement. The fish was named by Mr Heinrich Kuhl and Mr Johan Coenraad van Hasselt.
Original description: Gobius baliurus Valenciennes, 1837 - Type locality: No locality stated but probalby Bali, Java, Indonesia.
Distribution
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand to Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines and Ryukyu Islands.
Biology
Solitary or in small groups. Inhabits sand-rubble bottoms.
Gobie à queue tachetée, Isthmus goby, 捷泳颌鳞鰕虎鱼, 莫桑比克妙音鰕虎魚,
Synonymes
Acentrogobius baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gnatholepis baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gnatholepis calliurus (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Gobius atherinoides (Peters, 1855)
Gobius baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Isthmogobius baliurus (Valenciennes, 1837)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8-9; Longitudinal scale series: 22-26; Ctenoid body scales and on nape; Predorsal scales: 8-11; Cheek and opercle without scales; Body depth: 5.5-6.1 in SL. Body moderately elongate and compressed. Head subcylindrical or somewhat compressed; lower jaw slightly projecting beyond upper jaw; gill opening broad, extending anteriorly to below eye. Pelvic fins fused medially; frenum present. Scales on body ctenoid; predorsal area, cheek and dorsal part of operculum with large cycloid scales. Sensory canals and pores present on head; numerous transverse rows of sensory papillae on cheek; semi-translucent grey body with brown and white spotting; lower side of body with row of double blackish spots; pelvic fins united and frenum present; rounded caudal fin, about equal to head length. Max length: 10.2 cm SL. Depth range: 3 - 25 m, usually: 10 - 15 m.
Color
Head and body beige or grayish brown dorsally, paler ventrally, with indistinct dusky mottles; a conspicuous black spot, as large as pupil, at caudalfin base.
Etymology
Arcygobius: from Greek, arcy = net + from Latin, gobius = gudgeon. Referring to net-like pattern of body.
baliurus: from the type Locality, Bali + from Malay, urus = gouvernance, governement. The fish was named by Mr Heinrich Kuhl and Mr Johan Coenraad van Hasselt.
Original description: Gobius baliurus Valenciennes, 1837 - Type locality: No locality stated but probalby Bali, Java, Indonesia.
Distribution
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles; Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand to Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines and Ryukyu Islands.
Biology
Solitary or in small groups. Inhabits sand-rubble bottoms.