Hoese's Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea hoesei Larson & Miller 1986
Other Names: Hoese's Goby
Hoese's Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea hoesei, at the Oyster Stacks, North West Cape, Western Australia, May 2021. Source: Glen Whisson / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A sandy coloured goby with five large reticulated W-shaped lateral blotches along the midline, a transverse band of fine melanophores (wider than the pupil) across the nape, and males with a densely pigmented branchiostegal membrane.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Silhouettea hoesei in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4163
Hoese's Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea hoesei Larson & Miller 1986
More Info
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Distribution |
Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, to Coral Bay, Northern Territory. Inhabits shallow sandy and silty-sand areas. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I,10; Anal fin I,11-12: Caudal fin, segmented rays 17, caudal branched rays 12-13; Pectoral fin 13-15; Pelvic fin I, 5; Gill rakers 2 + 1 + 6-7; Vertebrae 26; Lateral scale series 23-25; Tranverse scale series 7. Breast with large cycloid scales, 3 in ventral midline. |
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Etymology |
The species is named for Dr. D. F. Hoese, Australian Museum, Sydney, in recognition of his work on the systematics of Indo-Pacific gobies. |
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Species Citation |
Silhouettea hoesei Larson & Miller 1986, Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 33(2): 115, fig. 6. Type locality: Coral Bay, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
Hoese's Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea hoesei Larson & Miller 1986
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Larson, H.K. & Miller, P.J. 1986. Two new species of Silhouettea (Gobiidae) from northern Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 33(2): 110-118 figs 1-6 https://doi.org/10.11369/jji1950.33.110
Larson, H.K. & Murdy, E.O. 2001. Eleotridae, Gobiidae. pp. 3574-3604 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Miller, P.J. 1988. Studies on Silhouettea Smith 1959 and an account of Ebomegobius Herre 1946 (Pisces: Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 68(4/6): 241-273
