Feia Goby, Feia nympha Smith 1959

Other Names: Nymph Goby

Summary:

A tiny pale brownish goby with irregular brown mottling and spots, and narrow bars along the back.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Feia nympha in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1370

Feia Goby, Feia nympha Smith 1959

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Distribution	Hibernia Reef, Western Australia, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to One Tree Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits reef crevices in tidepools, fringing reefs and patch reefs in lagoons, at depths to 16 m.
Features	Dorsal fin VI-VII, 9; Anal fin I, 8. Pectoral fin 14-15; Lateral scales 14-25. Body depth 6.3 in SL. Pelvic fins slightly united medially; pelvic frenum weak to moderate, with an almost complete basal membrane; caudal fin rounded. Tongue tip rounded to truncate; gill opening extending forward to just anterior of pectoral-fin base. Scales cycloid, absent on head, upper operculum and and anterior body; embedded scales present posterior to origin of second dorsal fin;
Etymology	The specific name is from the Latin nympha (= bride, nymph), possibly in reference to Smith describing Feia nympha as 'Clearly a degenerate fish'
Species Citation	Feia nympha Smith 1959, Ichthyol. Bull, Dept Ichthyol., Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown 13: 206, fig. 24. Type locality: Pinda, Mozambique.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2020
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Feia Goby, Feia nympha Smith 1959

References

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Smith, J.L.B. 1959. Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 13: 185-225 figs 1-42 pls 9-13 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018774

Winterbottom, R. 2003. Feia ranta, a new species of gobiid fish (Acanthopterygii: Perciformes) from Vietnam. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 7(3): 97-102.