Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae (Valenciennes 1832)


Other Names: Southern Gobbleguts

An Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae, in Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, September 2017. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:
A brown to orange-brown cardinalfish with pale and darker speckles, with a diagonal bar from below the eye to behind the mouth.

Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2019, Vincentia novaehollandiae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4239

Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae (Valenciennes 1832)

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Distribution

Endemic to eastern Australia from southern Queensland to about Jervis Bay, New South Wales.

Species Citation

Apogon novaehollandiae Valenciennes 1832, Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 1:  55, pl. 4, fig. 2. Type locality: Australia (probably NSW).

Author

Bray, D.J. 2019

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Eastern Gobbleguts, Vincentia novaehollandiae (Valenciennes 1832)

References


Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. 

Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203

Valenciennes, A. 1832. Descriptions de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons du genre Apogon. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 1: 51-60 fig. 4

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37327034

Biology:Males - mouth brooders

Depth:0-40 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:10 cm

Native:Endemic

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