Stout Floater, Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker 2004

Other Names: Stout Infantfish

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Bray, D.J. 2024, Schindleria brevipinguis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 17 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2950

Stout Floater, Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker 2004

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Depth	15–30 m
Distribution	Lizard Island area, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Ryukyu Islands.
Features	Dorsal fin 13; Anal fin 10-11; Vertebrae 20 + 15-16 = 35-36. Body small, stout, unpigmented; depth at pectoral-fin origin 9-12% of standard length, at anal-fin origin 9-14% SL. First dorsal-fin ray at myomere 18-20 and first anal-fin ray below dorsal-fin ray 4. Myomeres 19-20 + 14-16 = 34-36. Teeth absent from premaxillae and dentaries. Males with a rod-like, flexible urogenital papilla lacking lobes, projections, or accessory papillae, with distal half tapering to a blunt point and usually anteriorly directed.
Etymology	The specific name brevipinguis is from the Latin brevis (= short) and pinguis (= stout), in reference to the short, stout body of this species (when compared with other species in the genus Schlindleria).
Species Citation	Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker 2004, Records of the Australian Museum 56: 140, fig. 1. Type locality: Vicinity of Carter Reef, Queensland, Australia, 14°33.5'S, 145°35'E.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2024
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Stout Floater, Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker 2004

References

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Kon, T., Yoshino, T. & Nishida, M. 2011. Cryptic species of the gobioid paedomorphic genus Schindleria from Palau, western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research 58(1): 62-66 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-010-0178-y

Watson, W. 2010. Schindleria brevipinguis (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T154692A115222849. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154692A4608027.en. Accessed on 10 April 2024.

Watson, W. & Walker, H.J. 2004. The world's smallest vertebrate, Schindleria brevipinguis, a new paedomorphic species in the family Schindleriidae (Perciformes: Gobioidei). Records of the Australian Museum 56: 139-142.