- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIIDAE
- Gobiopsis
- angustifrons
Narrow Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978
Other Names: Narrow Barbel Goby, Narrownape Barbelgoby
A Narrow Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis angustifrons, in the Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia. Source: Gerald R. Allen / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
dark wedge on head descends to middle or lower portion of preopercle; light base of pectoral fin not divided by dark wedge; trunk with 5 prominent saddles and moderately mottled (Ref. 11637)
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2019, Gobiopsis angustifrons in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2234
Narrow Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978
More Info
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Distribution |
Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, to Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to the Pompey Group, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I, 10; Anal fin I, 9; Pectoral fin 18-20; Caudal fin - segmented rays 17, branched rays 15; Lateral scale rows 32-38; Transverse scale rows 16-19; Predorsal scales 14-16; Vertebrae 10+16. Body depth 5.2-7.8 in SL; head narrow, eyes large, interorbital narrow, diameter of orbit greater than width of bony interorbital; jaw short, length about 14-15% of SL. Nasal, posterior interorbital, and supraotic sensory pores present; preopercular pores 2, anterior temporal and posterior temporal pores absent; no postmandibular or posterior gular barbels. Scales cycloid scales; scales deeply embedded on nape. |
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Etymology |
The specific name angustifrons is from the Latin angustus (= narrow) and frons (= forehead). |
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Species Citation |
Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 262: 31, fig. 6, pls 6(c,d), 11(c,e). Type locality: Endeavour Reef, Queensland. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Narrow Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis angustifrons Lachner & McKinney 1978
References
Allen, G.R. 1993. Fishes of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 67-91
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Hutchins, B. 2004. Fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 66: 343–398
Lachner, E.A. & McKinney, J.F. 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Gobiopsis with descriptions of four new species (Pisces : Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 262: 1-52 figs 1-7 pls 1-11 https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.262, open access
