Square Blotch Goby, Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen 2012


Other Names: Munro's Goby

Holotype of Glossogobius munroi from the Wenlock River, Queensland - AMS I.23267-015. Source: Douglass F. Hoese / Australian Museum. License: All rights reserved


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Dianne J. Bray, Glossogobius munroi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5187

Square Blotch Goby, Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen 2012

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Distribution

Found across northern Australia from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia, to the Wenlock River in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia and just west of the dividing range west of Port Douglas, Queensland. (currently not know from rivers in eastern Queensland). Also found in southern West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Adults inhabit freshwater rivers and streams from about 1 km above tidal influence to 400 km inland.

Features

Dorsal fin V-VI + I, 8-10; Anal fin I, 7-8; Pectoral fin 17-21; Caudal fin (segmented rays) 15-18; Gill rakers 0-2 + 1 + 7-9; Longitudinal scale count 28-33; Predorsal scale count 18-24.
Mouth moderate; reaching to below anterior margin of eye; operculum with large patch of small mostly cycloid scales (10-20 scales) in 2 or 3 rows; pectoral base covered with small cycloid scales in adult, partly scaled to naked in specimens below 40 mm SL; no extra lateral canal pores above operculum; papilla line 6 absent; papilla lines composed of single row of papillae; body with a series of large spots on midside, each covering 2-3 scales in longitudinal direction on midside and one row above and one row below midside scales.

Biology

The species is most likely amphidromous, breeding in freshwater, with marine larval and post-larval stages, before returning to rivers. 

Etymology

The species is named  munroi after Ian Munro, who collected and accumulated material of Glossogobius from Australia and New Guinea.

Species Citation

Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen, 2012, Cybium 35(4): 277, Figs. 8-10. Type locality: Wenlock River, Stone Crossing, Queensland, Australia, 12°23'S, 142°11'E. 

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Square Blotch Goby, Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen 2012

References


Allen, G.R. 1991. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea. Publication No. 9. Madang, Papua New Guinea: Christensen Research Institute. 268 pp. (183, pl. 16, Fig. 12, as Glossogobius sp. 1)

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 394 pp. (p. 124, as Glossogobius sp. 1)

Allen, G.R., Storey, A.W. & Yarrao, M. 2008. Freshwater Fishes of the Fly River Papua New Guinea. Tabulbil: Ok Tedi Mining. 239 pp. (p. 169, as Glossogobius sp. 1)

Hoese, D.F. & Allen, G.R. 2012. A review of the amphidromous species of the Glossogobius celebius complex, with description of three new species. Cybium 35(4): 269–284. PDF

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.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428313

Biology:Amphidromous (adults freshwater)

Habitat:Freshwater streams

Max Size:11 cm SL

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