Banded Snubnose Goby, Pseudogobius cinctus

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pseudogobius cinctus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5313

Banded Snubnose Goby, Pseudogobius cinctus

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Distribution	Endemic to northern Australia, from Derby, north Western Australia, to Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. Occurs in a range of freshwater to estuarine habitats, including tidal rivers, mangrove creeks and muddy tide-pools, at depths of 0–1 m, with sandy mud, mud and mangrove roots and leaf litter substrates..
Features	A moderate-sized Pseudogobius with second dorsal rays I,6–8; anal rays I,6–8; pectoral rays 15–18; 16 segmented caudal rays in 9/7 pattern; lateral scales 24–28; TRB 7–81/2; predorsal scales 7–8; opercle usually with three rows of cycloid scales, 1–2 cycloid scales on cheek close behind eye; shoulder girdle with smooth bony edge; tongue short, tip blunt or bluntly rounded; in males, upper jaw teeth in outer row long, evenly sized and evenly spaced, fairly straight and slightly flattened with pointed tips, while in females, upper jaw teeth of small to mediumlength (not as long as in males), compressed, slender, teeth often close-set but may be slightly apart, tips blunt or sharp.
Colour	Head and body translucent pale brownish or yellowish white, scale margins narrowly outlined with melanophores. Dark brown to blackish markings on head and body. Bright yellow or pinkish yellow stripe on dorsal fins. Dark brown stripe on cheek from eye to rear of preopercle distinct; indistinct brown bar from eye to jaw. Opercle with bluish white speckling on ventral half. Pectoral fin base with iridescent white area below dorsal brown blotch. Peritoneum silvery white, blackish dorsally. Iris pinkish gold.
Similar Species	This species is distinctive in having at least one scale on the upper cheek behind the eye, 4–5 dusky grey vertical bars along the side of the body and a black-bordered yellow band on the outer part of both dorsal fins.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin cinctus (= belt, girdle) in reference to the distinctive vertical dark bars or bands on the body in this species.
Species Citation	Pseudogobius cinctus Larson & Hammer 2021, Zootaxa 4961(1): 21, Fig. 8. Type locality: Little Horse Creek, Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Banded Snubnose Goby, Pseudogobius cinctus

References

Hammer, M.P., Adams, M., Unmack, P.J., Hassell, K.L. & Bertozzi, T. 2021. Surprising Pseudogobius: Molecular systematics of benthic gobies reveals new insights into estuarine biodiversity (Teleostei: Gobiiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60: 107140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107140 (as Pseudogobius sp. A 'banded')

Larson, H.K. & Hammer, M.P. 2021. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia. Zootaxa 4961(1), https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4961.1.1