Cheekstreak Goby, Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, Hosoya & Niimura 1998
Other Names: Cheek-streaked Goby
A Cheekstreak Goby, Echinogobius hayashii, at Komodo, Indonesia, May 2015. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A pale greyish sand-dwelling goby with a row of large brown spots along the midsides, smaller black spots on the fins and upper sides, a blue-edged pink to reddish bar from the back of the head to the cheek, and pale bluish spots and lines on the head and anterior body.
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Dianne J. Bray, Echinogobius hayashii in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1339
Cheekstreak Goby, Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, Hosoya & Niimura 1998
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Distribution |
Recorded in Australia from Seringapatam Reef, WA (13°41'S, 121°58'E) and off Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, QLD. Found elsewhere in the tropical, west Pacific. Inhabits clear sandy bottoms with fast tidal current, retreating into burrows when threatened. |
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Species Citation |
Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, Hosoya & Niimura, 1998, Ichthyol. Res. 45(2): 115, figs 1-3. Type locality: Ishigaki Bay, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Cheekstreak Goby, Echinogobius hayashii Iwata, Hosoya & Niimura 1998
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Iwata, A., S. Hosoya & Y. Niimura. 1998. Echinogobius hayashii, a new genus and species of Gobiidae. Ichthyological Research 45(2): 113-119.
Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics 330 pp. 192 pls.
Nakabo, T. (ed.) 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. English edition. Tokyo : Toikai University Press pp. 867-1749.
