Ladd's Frillgoby, Bathygobius laddi (Fowler 1931)
Other Names: Brownboy Goby
Ladd's Frillgoby, Bathygobius laddi. Source: Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
Males are uniformly dark brown with dusky to black fins. Females are pale brown with 3-4 irregular crossbars along the body, a dark crescentic bar on the caudal-fin base, and mottled dorsal and caudal fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Bathygobius laddi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 15 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2914
Ladd's Frillgoby, Bathygobius laddi (Fowler 1931)
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Distribution |
Point Quobba, Western Australia, to Arrawarra, New South Wales. Elsewhere the tropical, Indo-west Pacific (east to Samoa and north to Japan, but absent from Pacific Plate atolls). Inhabits mangroves, intertidal rock pools, and rubble, silty and sandy areas on rocky reefs. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I,9; Anal fin I,8; Pectoral fin 21-24; Longitudinal scale series 28-32; Predorsal scales 9-13. Depth of body 4.6-5.9 in SL; head distinctly depressed, width greater than depth; upper 5-6 pectoral rays partly free from membrane; caudal fin rounded. Body scales ctenoid, becoming cycloid on head and anterior body (short distance anterior to first dorsal fin); predorsal scales not reaching rear margin of preopercle; cheek, opercle, pectoral fin base and prepelvic area naked. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Dr. H. L. Ladd, who collected fishes for the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. |
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Species Citation |
Rhinogobius laddi Fowler 1931, Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 11(5): 362, fig. 6. Type locality: Suva, Fiji Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Ladd's Frillgoby, Bathygobius laddi (Fowler 1931)
References
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