Hazeus maculipinna (Randall & Goren 1993)


Summary:
A pale goby with an oval black blotch at the rear of the first dorsal fin, a midlateral row of 5 dusky blotches, each containing a close-set pair of dark brown spots, a large dusky blotch beneath the eye, and numerous small brown spots and flecks on the rear of the head and body.

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Bray, D.J. 2023, Hazeus maculipinna in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2728

Hazeus maculipinna (Randall & Goren 1993)

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Distribution

One Tree Island, southern Great Barrier Reef. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific.

Features

Dorsal fin VI + I,10, the first spine of each fin notably stout and rigid; Anal fin 1,10; Pectoral fin 17; Longitudinal scale series 27; Predorsal scales 9.
Body depth 4.9 in SL; head length 3.3 in SL; snout short, 4.0 in head. 
Head naked; scales on nape extending to posterior  interorbital space; scales of nape and body ctenoid except prepectoral region and area around base of pelvic fins. 
Third dorsal-fin spine longest, 1.8 in head; caudal fin rounded, shorter than head, 3.95 in SL. 

Etymology

The species name maculipinna is from the Latin macula (= spot) and pinna (= fin), in reference to the black spot in the first dorsal fin of this species.

Species Citation

Opua maculipinna Randall & Goren 1993, Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 58: 15, fig. 5. Type locality: Maldive Islands, Ari Atoll, lagoon east of Vihamaafaru Reef, coral knolls and sand, 20 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2023

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Hazeus maculipinna (Randall & Goren 1993)

References


Anderson, R.C., Randall, J.E. & Kuiter, R.H. 1998. Additions to the fish fauna of the Maldive Islands. Part 2: New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 67: 20-32 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019905

Engin, S., Larson, H.K. & Irmak, E. 2018. Hazeus ingressus sp. nov. a new goby species (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and a new invasion in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 19(2): 316-325 https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.14336

Iwata, A., Hosoya, S. & Niimura, Y. 1998. Echinogobius hayashii, a new genus and species of Gobiidae. Ichthyological Research 45(2): 113-119 figs 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02678553 (as Oplopomops maculipinna)

Randall, J.E. & Goren, M. 1993. A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 58: 1-37 http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019911

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37428455

Depth:to 20 m

Habitat:Reef associated

Max Size:4 cm SL

Species Maps

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