Bearded Flathead Goby, Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894)

Other Names: Bearded Goby

A male Bearded Flathead Goby, Glossogobius bicirrhosus, from Babeldaob Island, Palau. Source: Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A small yellowish-brown goby with four faint bands along the back, a row of 5 dark blotches along the side between the bands, a darkish cheek, oblique lines of dark spots on the dorsal fin and vertical brown bands on the caudal fin.

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Gomon, M.F. & Bray, D.J. 2017, Glossogobius bicirrhosus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/125

Bearded Flathead Goby, Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894)

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Distribution	North Queensland from Weipa in the Gulf of Carpentaria to Rollingstone. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west Pacific. Usually inhabits freshwater rivers and streams just above tidal influence, and may also enter tidal creeks and river mouths. Occurs on sandy, silty, muddy and gravel bottoms.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I. 9; Anal fin I. 8; Petoral fin 18-19; Transverse scales 9. Body elongate, compressed, height 6 in length. Head and snout flattened, profile a little convex; head length 3.5-3.75 in SL. Pair of short barbels on chin. Snout blunt, about as long as eye, tip before lower half of eye. Eye 3.75-4 in head, interorbital less than 0.5 eye diameter. Mouth slightly oblique, lower jaw prominent, maxillary reaching to or not quite to below front of eye; outer row of teeth in upper jaw large, stout, followed by 3 rows of minute, depressible teeth; teeth in outer row on lower jaw smaller than in upper, followed by 2 rows of minute depressible teeth, no canines; tongue deeply emarginate. 5-6 longitudinal and two oblique mucous canals on cheek. Scales ctenoid on body, cycloid on breast; head above and behind eyes and elsewhere naked; pre-dorsal scales 13-15; lateral line absent; longitudinal series 30-32. Two dorsal fins, first about as high as body, second ray longest; second dorsal and anal fin lower than body. Caudal fin oblong, about as long as head, rounded. Pelvic fins fully united into disc. Pectoral and pelvic fin a little shorter than head.
Colour	Yellowish brown with 4 faint bands on back, first before first dorsal fin and last just behind second dorsal; horizontal row of 5 dark blotches on side, each blotch corresponding with space between bands on back. Cheek somewhat dark. Dorsal fin with oblique lines of dark dots. Caudal fin with vertical brown bands.
Species Citation	Gobius bicirrhosus Weber 1894, Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in niederländisch Ost-Indien 3: 412. Type locality: Maros River, Celebes.
Author	Gomon, M.F. & Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Bearded Flathead Goby, Glossogobius bicirrhosus (Weber 1894)

References

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Koumans, F.P. 1935. Notes on gobioid fishes 6. On the synonymy of some species from the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 18: 121-150 figs 1-15

Larson, H. 2012. Glossogobius bicirrhosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T196327A2446026. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196327A2446026.en. Downloaded on 09 April 2017.

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Weber, M. 1894. Die Süsswasser-Fische des Indischen Archipels, nebst Bemerkungen über den Ursprung der Fauna von Celebes. pp. 405–476 in, Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : Brill Vol. 3.