Hale's Drombus, Drombus halei Whitley 1935


Hale's Drombus, Drombus halei, in Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, March 2018. Source: glen_whisson / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial


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Bray, D.J. 2018, Drombus halei in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1337

Hale's Drombus, Drombus halei Whitley 1935

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Distribution

Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Shoalwater Bay, Queensland. Inhabits shallow inshore rocky and coral-rock reefs, with sand, rubble and sandy-mud substrates. The species occasionally occurs in estuaries and near mangroves.

Species Citation

Drombus halei Whitley 1935, Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(3): 353, figs 4-5. Type locality: Flinders Island, Queensland.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2018

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Hale's Drombus, Drombus halei Whitley 1935

References


Larson, H. 2012. Drombus halei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T154976A722000. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154976A722000.en. Downloaded on 17 August 2018.

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.

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 

Whitley, G.P. 1935. Fishes from Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(3): 345-365 figs 1-11

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CAAB Code:37428112

Conservation:IUCN Least Concern

Habitat:Reef associated

Native:Endemic

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