Blackspotted Rockskipper, Entomacrodus striatus (Valenciennes 1836)
A Blackspotted Rockskipper, Entomacrodus striatus, at the Mildura Wreck, North West Cape, Western Australia, March 2020. Source: Alex Hoschke / iNaturalist.org. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial
A whitish goby with dark spots in 6-7 clusters along the side, and saddles of dark spots along the back, and a pale upper lip with scattered spots. This small herbivorous goby lives in the intertidal zone of coral and rocky reefs. Individuals skip across the reef platform, and shelter in small pools left by the receding tide.
Blackspotted Rockskipper, Entomacrodus striatus (Valenciennes 1836)
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Distribution |
Rottnest Island to the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, and the Herald Group in the Coral Sea to Stradbroke Island, Queensland; also Coco-Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Province and Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits the intertidal zone of lagoons and wave-swept seaward reefs, sheltering in small pockets of water left behind on the reef during low tide. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII-XIV, 14-16; Anal fin II, 15-18; Pectoral fin 14; Pelvic fin I,4. Nape with a single cirrus on each side; supraorbital tentacle with 1-20 cirri; anterior nostril with cirri on rear part; margin of upper lip usually crenulate. |
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Size |
To 11 cm TL (total length). |
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Conservation |
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Least Concern |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin striatus (= striated, striped). |
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Species Citation |
Salarias striatus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Vol. 11: 309. Type locality: Mauritius (as Isle-de-France). |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. & Bray, R.D. 2022 |
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Blackspotted Rockskipper, Entomacrodus striatus (Valenciennes 1836)
References
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