Blackline Shrimpgoby, Myersina nigrivirgata Akihito & Meguro 1983

Other Names: Black-line Shrimp-goby

Summary:

A whitish, pale grey or yellow to brown shrimpgoby with a dark stripe along the side, bluish or orange spots on the head, pale narrow indistinct bands on the sides, and a diffuse dark pupil-diameter-sized spot on the distal membrane between fifth and sixth dorsal-fin spines.

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Blackline Shrimpgoby, Myersina nigrivirgata Akihito & Meguro 1983

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Distribution	Recorded in Australia from Brecknock Island, Kimberley region, Western Australia, to Gunn Point, Northern Territory, and the Low Isles to Fraser Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical West-Pacific. Inhabits estuaries, sheltered bays and lagoons, sharing burrows with alpheid shrimps.
Features	Gill rakers 4–5+17–19 (first arch); Lateral-line scales 89-120. Predorsal midline naked or with a few scattered scales; g
Species Citation	Myersina nigrivirgata Akihito & Meguro, 1983, Japan. J. Ichthyol. 29(4): 343, figs 1-5. Type locality: Amitori Bay, Iriomotejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Resources	Australian Faunal Direcotry

Blackline Shrimpgoby, Myersina nigrivirgata Akihito & Meguro 1983

References

Akihito, P. & Meguro, K. 1983. Myersina nigrivirgata, a new species of goby from Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 29(4): 343-348.

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Winterbottom, R. 2002. A redescription of Cryptocentrus crocatus Wongratana, a redefinition of Myersina Herre (Acanthopterygii; Gobiidae), a key to the species, and comments on relationships. Ichthyological Research 49: 69-75.