Northern Snubnose Goby, Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer 2021

Summary:

A small goby with brown scale margins, about 5–6 small elongate brown blotches along the mid-side, with the rear blotch on the rear of the caudal peduncle extending onto the caudal fin and coalescing with a narrow vertical dark bar on the fin base.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pseudogobius aquilonius in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5587

Northern Snubnose Goby, Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer 2021

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Distribution	Endemic to northern Australia, from Dampier, Western Australia, to Brisbane, Queensland. Occurs in shallow-water estuarine habitats, including tidal rivers, mangrove creeks and muddy tide-pools, at depths to one metre, with substrates of sandy mud, mud and mangrove roots, logs and leaf litter.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I,6–8; Anal fin I,6–7; Pectoral fin 14–17; segmented caudal rays 15–16, in 9/7 pattern; lateral scales 24–27; TRB 7–9; predorsal scales 6–8; opercle with at least 2 rows of cycloid scales, rarely with a cycloid scale on cheek right behind eye; shoulder girdle smooth or with narrow bony flange; tongue short and may be greatly reduced; in males, teeth in outer row of upper jaw slightly flattened, blunt-tipped or pointed, with two curved symphyseal canines behind anterior tooth rows, while in females, outer row teeth of upper jaw small, compressed and blunt-tipped.
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin aquilonius (= north, northerly), in reference to this Australian species’ distribution around the north coast of the country.
Species Citation	Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer 2021, Zootaxa 4961(1): 10, Figs 4-5. Type locality: east arm of Bing Bong Creek, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Northern Snubnose Goby, Pseudogobius aquilonius Larson & Hammer 2021

References

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Davis, T.L.O. 1988. Temporal changes in the fish fauna entering a tidal swamp system in tropical Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 21(3): 161–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004860 (as Pseudogobius sp.)

Hammer, M.P., Adams, M., Unmack, P.J., Hassell, K.L. & Bertozzi, T. 2021. Surprising Pseudogobius: molecular systematics of benthic gobies reveals new insights into estuarine biodiversity (Teleostei: Gobiiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: (e107140), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107140
(as Pseudogobius sp. B ‘plain’)

Larson, H.K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), with discussion of its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 62: 1–233, https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0313-122x.62.2001.001-233 (in part as Pseudogobius poicilosoma)

Larson, H.K. & Hammer, M.P. 2021. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia. Zootaxa 4961(1), https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4961.1.1

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. (as Pseudogobius sp. 2)

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. The fish fauna of the Northern Territory: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 3696(1), 1–293. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3696.1.1 (as Pseudogobius poicilosoma)