Largespot Eel Blenny, Congrogadus amplimaculatus (Winterbottom 1980)

Other Names: Large-spot Eel-blenny

Largespot Eel Blenny, Congrogadus amplimaculatus. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A cryptic brown eel blenny with a dark ocellated spot on the gill cover, and rows of large pale spots along the body, extending onto the dorsal, anal and caudal fins.

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Bray, D.J. 2017, Congrogadus amplimaculatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 17 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4530

Largespot Eel Blenny, Congrogadus amplimaculatus (Winterbottom 1980)

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Distribution	West of Bynoe Bay, Northern Territory, to Endeavour Strait, S of Prince of Wales Island, Cape York, Queensland, and north to the Torres Strait, Queensland, the Aru Islands, Indonesia. Inhabits shallow inshore coral reefs on sandy and muddy areas with sponges and large shell fragments.
Features	Dorsal fin 62-64; Anal fin 52-54; Vertebrae 66-69. Gill membranes fused to the isthmus; posterior otic sensory canal pore absent; preopercular canal usually with 7 pores.
Etymology	The specific name amplimaculatus is from the Latin 'amplus' (= large in size) and 'maculatus' (= spotted or full of spots) in reference to the large number of large pale spots on the body.
Species Citation	Congrogadoides amplimaculatus Winterbottom 1980, Copeia 1980(3): 397, fig. 1. Type locality: 29 kilometers northeast of mouth of Albert River, southern portion of Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2017
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Largespot Eel Blenny, Congrogadus amplimaculatus (Winterbottom 1980)

References

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Godkin, C.M. & Winterbottom, R. 1985. Phylogeny of the family Congrogadidae (Pisces: Perciformes) and its placement as a subfamily of the Pseudochromidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 36(3): 633-671 (as Congrogadoides amplimaculatus).

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Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. (as Congrogadoides amplimaculatus)

Whitley, G.P. 1966. Notes on some Queensland fishes. Australian Journal of Zoology 13(3): 235-243 (as Congrogadoides spinifer)

Winterbottom, R. 1980. Two new species of the Congrogadidae (Pisces : Perciformes) from the Indo-West Pacific. Copeia 1980(3): 396-402 figs 1-2

Winterbottom, R. 1986. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadinae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pacific Fishes 9: 1-34 figs 1-37 pl. 1