- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIIDAE
- Favonigobius
- lentiginosus
Eastern Longfin Goby, Favonigobius lentiginosus (Richardson 1844)
An Eastern Longfin Goby pair, Favonigobius lentiginosus, at Shiprock, Port Hacking, New South Wales, November 2020. Source: Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Eastern Longfin Goby, Favonigobius lentiginosus (Richardson 1844)
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Distribution |
Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Mallacoota, Victoria; also Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in New Zealand. Inhabits sandflats and sandy areas near reefs, in tidepools, estuaries and amongst mangroves. |
Feeding |
Feeds mostly small crustaceans such as copepods, decapod crustaceans, amphibpods and nematodes; occasionally consumes juvenile fishes. |
Similar Species |
The similar Southern Longfin-goby, Favonigobius lateralis occurs along the south coast from Victoria to Western Australia, including Tasmania, and differs in having dark spots rather than narrow bars along the side. |
Species Citation |
Gobius lentiginosus Richardson 1844, Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Erebus and Terror 2: 3, pl. 1(5-6). Type locality: Bay of Islands, New Zealand. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
Resources |
Eastern Longfin Goby, Favonigobius lentiginosus (Richardson 1844)
References
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 (as Favonigobius lateralis)
Chargulaf, C.A., Krück, N.C. & Tibbetts, I.R. 2011. Does sympatry affect trophic resource use in congeneric tidepool fishes? A tale of two gobies Favonigobius lentiginosus and Favonigobius exquisitus. Journal of Fish Biology 7: 1968–1983. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03132.x Abstract
Chargulaf, C.A., Townsend, K.A. & Tibbetts, I.R. 2011. Community structure of soft sediment pool fishes in Moreton Bay, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 479–494.
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Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762.
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
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Paulin, C., Stewart, A., Roberts, C. & McMillan, P. 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 19: 1-279 (as Acentrogobius lentiginosus)
Richardson, J. 1844. Ichthyology. pp. 1-16 pls 1-6, 7-8 (parts), 9-10 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. See ref online
Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2
White, G. E. & Brown, C. 2015. Microhabitat use affects goby (Gobiidae) cue choice in spatial learning task. Journal of Fish Biology. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12638
Whitley, G.P. 1930. Additions to the checklist of the fishes of New South Wales No. 3. The Australian Zoologist 6(2): 117-123 fig. 14 (as Favonigobius obliquus)
Whitley, G.P. 1959. Ichthyological snippets. The Australian Zoologist 12(4): 310-323 figs 1-3 (described as Ctenogobius auriga)