CALLOGOBIUS HASSELTII - (BLEEKER, 1851)
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Hasselt's flap-headed goby, Hasselt's goby, Okinawahaze,
Synonymes
Callogobius hasselti (Bleeker, 1851)
Eleotris hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851)
Gobius hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851)
Macgregorella moroana (Seale, 1910)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Longitudinal scale series: 40-45; Predorsal scales: 20-22; Depth of body: 5.4-6.0 in SL. Completely united pelvic fins with well-developed frenum; pointed caudal fin; Cycloid scales on nape, cheek, opercle, base of pectoral fin, breast and belly, posterior scales ctenoid; Head with prominent papillae ridge. Max. length: 7.3 cm TL. Depth range: 0 - 15 m.
Hasselt's flap-headed goby, Hasselt's goby, Okinawahaze,
Synonymes
Callogobius hasselti (Bleeker, 1851)
Eleotris hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851)
Gobius hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851)
Macgregorella moroana (Seale, 1910)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Longitudinal scale series: 40-45; Predorsal scales: 20-22; Depth of body: 5.4-6.0 in SL. Completely united pelvic fins with well-developed frenum; pointed caudal fin; Cycloid scales on nape, cheek, opercle, base of pectoral fin, breast and belly, posterior scales ctenoid; Head with prominent papillae ridge. Max. length: 7.3 cm TL. Depth range: 0 - 15 m.
Color
Mottled brown with dark stripe from snout, through eye to upper opercle; Dark brown bars of variable width at level of nape, posterior part of first dorsal fin, anterior part of second dorsal fin, posterior half of second dorsal fin and across caudal peduncle; Upper edge of caudal fin with intense black spot.
Etymology
Callogobius: from Greek, kalos, kallos = beautiful + from Latin, gobius = gudgeon.
hasseltii: in honnor of Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823) was a Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist.
Original description: Eleotris hasseltii Bleeker, 1851 - Type locality: Anjer, Java, Indonesia.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Found in tide pools and lagoons. Also occur in rubble, intertidal to a few meters depth.
Etymology
Callogobius: from Greek, kalos, kallos = beautiful + from Latin, gobius = gudgeon.
hasseltii: in honnor of Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823) was a Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist.
Original description: Eleotris hasseltii Bleeker, 1851 - Type locality: Anjer, Java, Indonesia.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia east to Marshall Islands, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Biology
Found in tide pools and lagoons. Also occur in rubble, intertidal to a few meters depth.