Genus Kimberleyeleotris

Summary:
A genus of gudgeons that is similar to Hypseleotris, differing in having vomerine teeth, reduced scales, a slightly larger mouth and a different pattern of head papillae (Hoese & Allen 1987)
The genus contains two species and both are endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Author: Dianne J. Bray
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Kimberleyeleotris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 09 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/741

References

Allen, G.R. 1982. Inland Fishes of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 86 pp. 6 figs 20 pls [61, pl. 13(7)] (as New genus and species B)

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls [201]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [302]

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Eleotridae (pp. 1596-1610). In: Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) 2006. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3 2178 pp.

Hoese, D.F. & G.R. Allen. 1987. New Australian fishes part 10. A new genus and two new species of freshwater eleotridid fishes (Gobioidei) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 48(1): 35-42.

Morgan, D.L., Allen, G.R., Pusey, B.J. & Burrows, D.W. 2011. A review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2816: 1-64

Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089.