Bluespotted Mangrovegoby, Amoya gracilis (Bleeker 1875)

Other Names: Bluespotted Mangrove Goby, Mangrove Goby, Slender Amoya

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Bluespotted Mangrovegoby, Amoya gracilis (Bleeker 1875)

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Distribution	Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, to Port Clinton, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits muddy to sandy areas in tidal streams, estuaries, mangroves and marine lakes.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin gracilis (= slender), in reference to the more elongate body of this species compared with that of the Half-bridled Goby, Arenigobius frenatus, which Bleeker considered to be its close relative.
Species Citation	Ctenogobius gracilis Bleeker 1875, Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 10: 127. Type locality: Singapore.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Bluespotted Mangrovegoby, Amoya gracilis (Bleeker 1875)

References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. (as Acentrogobius gracilis)

Bleeker, P. 1875. Gobioideorum species insulindicae novae. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 10: 113-134

Hoese, D.F. & Larson, H.K. 2006. Family Gobiidae. pp. 1612-1697 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. (in part as Amoya moloanus)

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Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.