Dwarf Speckled Goby, Redigobius nanus Larson 2010
A male Dwarf Speckled Goby, Redigobius nanus from the Northern Territory, Australia. Source: Dave Wilson / Aquagreen. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A small, estuarine goby with indistinct dark speckling and dorsal saddles, bright pale blue flecks and spots over brown markings on the head, body and fins, and males with a pointed first dorsal-fin with a pale elongate first spine.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Redigobius nanus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2725
Dwarf Speckled Goby, Redigobius nanus Larson 2010
More Info
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Distribution |
Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Brisbane, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in New Guinea. Inhabits muddy and sandy-muddy areas in estuaries, amongst rocks and mangroves. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin (soft rays) 7; Anal fin I, 6. first or second spine longest in females but never elongate; second dorsal rays I,7; anal rays I,6; pectoral rays 16-17; longitudinal scales 20-25; TRB 7-10; predorsal scales 6-10; circumpeduncular scales 12 |
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Colour |
Indistinct lateral dark speckling and dorsal saddles; scale margins narrowly outlined with dark brown; bright pale blue flecks and spots over brown markings on head, body and fins; first dorsal fin pointed, first spine elongate and pale-coloured in males. |
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Species Citation |
Redigobius nanus Larson 2010, Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 21(2): 166, figs 21–23. Type locality: Shark Bay, WA. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Resources |
Dwarf Speckled Goby, Redigobius nanus Larson 2010
References
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Larson, H.K. 2010. A review of the gobiid fish genus Redigobius (Teleostei: Gobionellinae), with descriptiions of two new species. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 21(2): 123–191
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
Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.
