Barcheek Amoya, Amoya moloana (Herre 1927)


Other Names: Bar-cheek Goby

A Barcheek Amoya, Amoya moloanus, from Vietnam. Source: Dinh D. Tran, FiMSeA / http://ffish.asia. License: CC by Attribution

Summary:
A pale greyish-brown goby with 2-3 rows of dusky spots forming narrow horizontal lines along the side, bright blue spots on the head and body, and a dark vertical bar below the eye. 

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Bray, D.J. 2023, Amoya moloana in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/81

Barcheek Amoya, Amoya moloana (Herre 1927)

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Distribution

Cape York to Fraser Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west Pacific.
Inhabits sandy-mud areas in shallow tidal estuaries, especially among mangroves.

Features

Dorsal fin VI + I,11-12; Anal fin I,10; Pectoral fin 17; Lateral scale rows 38-41.
Body elongate, compressed; head slightly compressed; jaws subequal; snout rounded, protruding beyond upper jaw; gill opening extending anteriorly to a vertical through posterior margin of preopercle. 
Pelvic fins united medially, frenum present. 
Scales mostly ctenoid, those on anterior part of body cycloid; head naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; longitudinal pattern of sensory papillae rows on cheek; transverse row of sensory papillae just behind chin.

Species Citation

Aparrius moloanus Herre 1927, Monographs of the Bureau of Science. Manila 23: 207, pl. 16(3). Type locality: Molo, Iloilo Province, Panay, Philippines.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2023

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Barcheek Amoya, Amoya moloana (Herre 1927)

References


Herre, A.W. 1927. Gobies of the Philippines and China Seas. Monographs of the Bureau of Science. Manila 23: 1-352 pls 1-30 

Kottelat, M., Whitten, A.J., Kartikasar, S.N. & Wirjoatmodjo, S. 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Hong Kong : Periplus Editions 259 pp. 

Larson, H.K. & Lim, K.K.P. 2005. A guide to the gobies of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 164 pp. (as Acentrogobius moloanus)

Rainboth, W.J. 1996. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Rome, FAO. 1-265, Pls. I-XXVII. (as Amoya moloanus)

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428053

Habitat:Estuaries, mangroves

Max Size:8 cm TL

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