Slimy Goby, Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958)

Other Names: Slimy Flap-headed Goby

Summary:

A mottled olive-brown to dark brown goby with faint saddles below the dorsal fin, dorsal, anal and caudal fins dark becoming yellowish distally with pale spots, pale yellowish pectoral fins with wavy dark stripes, and dark brown bars radiating from the eye.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Callogobius flavobrunneus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2923

Slimy Goby, Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958)

More Info

Distribution	Offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to One Tree Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits sand-rubble areas in depths to 20 m.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I, 10; Anal fin I, 8: Longitudinal scale series 37-40; Predorsal scales 17-20 Body depth 4.1-5.0 in SL; head with prominent papillae ridges; pelvic fins completely united with a well-developed frenum; caudal fin rounded; scales cycloid on head and body; scales cycloid on nape, cheek, opercle, base of pectoral fin, breast and abdomen; remaining scales ctenoid.
Etymology	The specific name flavobrunneum is from the Latin flavus (= yellow) and brunneus (= brown), in reference to the olive to yellow-brown colour of this species, with distally yellow dorsal fins, yellowish pectoral fins, and a yellow throat.
Species Citation	Mucogobius flavobrunneus Smith 1958, Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 11: 145, fig. 6, pl. 2C. Type locality: Pinda, Mozambique.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Slimy Goby, Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith 1958)

References

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