CTENOGOBIOPS MITODES - (RANDALL, SHAO & CHEN, 2007)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Ctenogobiops (Genus)
Thread shrimpgoby,
Description
Dorsal and anal soft rays 11; pectoral rays 18 or 19; lateral-line scales 46-52; gill rakers 4 or 5 + 10-12; body depth 4.3-5.0 in SL; gill opening extending forward to a vertical slightly anterior to hind edge of preopercle; second dorsal spine of adults elongate; caudal fin shorter than head; body with 4 longitudinal rows of dark-brown spots, those of 3rd (midlateral) row largest and horizontally elongate, except for last 1 or 2; large anterior dark spots of midlateral row often encircled by blue dots; 1 row of 3 dark spots on cheek, often joined by a light-brown band, first spot above posterior end of maxilla, second obliquely dorsoposterior on preopercle, and 3rd at same level on opercle; an oblique blue and yellow mark behind lower edge of eye, followed by a similar smaller mark on preopercle and 1 on opercle, these marks often associated with a small dusky to brown spot; a curved blue and yellow line or series of dashes from behind upper part of eye to below origin of 1st dorsal fin; an elliptical bright white spot on lower 1/3 of pectoral fins.
Max length : 5.3 cm SL. Depth range 9 - 21 m.
Etymology
Ctenogobiops: from Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + from Latin, gobius = gudgeon + from Ancient Greek, óps = eye, face, appearance. Referring to the closely related and presumably similar to Ctenogobius genus.
mitodes: Name from Greek 'mitodes' meaning theadlike, refers to the filamentous 2nd dorsal spine of adults.
Distribution
Tropical east-Indo-west-Pacific. South China Sea, Philippines, Marshall Island, Australia from Great Barrier Reef and Queensland., Solomon Island, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, New Caledonia.
Biology
Inhabits sandy and rubble bottoms in lagoons and sheltered coastal reefs.
Similar species
Ctenogobiops feroculus (Lubbock & Polunin, 1977) reported from New Caledonia.
Ctenogobiops pomastictus (Lubbock & Polunin, 1977) reported from New Caledonia. Ctenogobiops mitodes differs from the similar Ctenogobiops pomastictus in having an elongate second dorsal-fin spine as an adult, 46-52 scales in a longitudinal series on the body (vs 55-59 in Ctenogobiops pomastictus), and one versus two rows of dark spots on the cheek.
Thread shrimpgoby,
Description
Dorsal and anal soft rays 11; pectoral rays 18 or 19; lateral-line scales 46-52; gill rakers 4 or 5 + 10-12; body depth 4.3-5.0 in SL; gill opening extending forward to a vertical slightly anterior to hind edge of preopercle; second dorsal spine of adults elongate; caudal fin shorter than head; body with 4 longitudinal rows of dark-brown spots, those of 3rd (midlateral) row largest and horizontally elongate, except for last 1 or 2; large anterior dark spots of midlateral row often encircled by blue dots; 1 row of 3 dark spots on cheek, often joined by a light-brown band, first spot above posterior end of maxilla, second obliquely dorsoposterior on preopercle, and 3rd at same level on opercle; an oblique blue and yellow mark behind lower edge of eye, followed by a similar smaller mark on preopercle and 1 on opercle, these marks often associated with a small dusky to brown spot; a curved blue and yellow line or series of dashes from behind upper part of eye to below origin of 1st dorsal fin; an elliptical bright white spot on lower 1/3 of pectoral fins.
Max length : 5.3 cm SL. Depth range 9 - 21 m.
Etymology
Ctenogobiops: from Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + from Latin, gobius = gudgeon + from Ancient Greek, óps = eye, face, appearance. Referring to the closely related and presumably similar to Ctenogobius genus.
mitodes: Name from Greek 'mitodes' meaning theadlike, refers to the filamentous 2nd dorsal spine of adults.
Distribution
Tropical east-Indo-west-Pacific. South China Sea, Philippines, Marshall Island, Australia from Great Barrier Reef and Queensland., Solomon Island, Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, New Caledonia.
Biology
Inhabits sandy and rubble bottoms in lagoons and sheltered coastal reefs.
Similar species
Ctenogobiops feroculus (Lubbock & Polunin, 1977) reported from New Caledonia.
Ctenogobiops pomastictus (Lubbock & Polunin, 1977) reported from New Caledonia. Ctenogobiops mitodes differs from the similar Ctenogobiops pomastictus in having an elongate second dorsal-fin spine as an adult, 46-52 scales in a longitudinal series on the body (vs 55-59 in Ctenogobiops pomastictus), and one versus two rows of dark spots on the cheek.