Maned Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849)

Other Names: Blackspotted Goby, Maned Goby

A Maned Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys microlepis, in Hong Kong, July 2016. Source: thui / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A pale greyish goby with a dusky dot on scales along the nape and back, about five indistinct dusky blotches along the side, a dusky tear-shaped blotch below the eye, and a curved darker blotch on the pectoral-fin base. The dorsal fins are pinkish-grey with dark spots and streaks and a small black spot on the 6th spine, the caudal fin is pinkish-grey below, paler above with dark streaks and spots, and the anal fin is greyish with a whitish margin.

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Oxyurichthys microlepis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3074

Maned Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849)

More Info

Distribution	Cape York, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits muddy bottoms in protected bays and tidal estuaries.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I,11-13; Anal fin I, 12-13; Pectoral fin 20-24; Segmented caudal rays 7/7–9/8; branched caudal rays 6/7–9/8; Lateral scales 41-58. Upper jaw teeth in single row; fleshy tongue rounded; upper lip slightly indented but not deeply constricted at premaxillary symphysis; no ocular cirrus or cornification; no spots on gular membrane beneath preopercle or anterior process of quadrate; nape fully scaled to membranous crest; all scales including trunk cycloid; prepelvic area scaled; first dorsal-fin spines not elongate, reaching to second to fourth second dorsal-fin element.
Colour	Head and body pale greyish, with a dusky dot on the scales on nape and along back, about five indistinct dusky blotches along side, a dusky tear-shaped blotch below the eye, a curved darker blotch on pectoral-fin base; dorsal fins pinkish-grey with dark spots and streaks, caudal fin pinkish-grey below, paler above with dark streaks and spots, anal fin greyish with a whitish margin.
Species Citation	Gobius microlepis Bleeker 1849, Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 35. Type locality: Freto Madurae prope Surabaya et Sumanap, Indonesia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2019
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Maned Tentacle Goby, Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1849)

References

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Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennioïden en Gobioïden van der Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschrijving van 42 nieuwe soorten. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 1-40

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

Pezold, F.L. & Larson, H.K. 2015. A revision of the fish genus Oxyurichthys (Gobioidei: Gobiidae) with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3988 (1): 1-95 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3988.1.1 Open access.

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