Blackfin Coralgoby, Paragobiodon lacunicolus (Kendall & Goldsborough 1911)

Other Names: Blackfin Coral Goby

Summary:

A pale yellow coral goby with a darker head, black fins except the paler pelvic fins, and fleshy papillae on the head.

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Bray, D.J. 2021, Paragobiodon lacunicolus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Jun 2023, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3081

Blackfin Coralgoby, Paragobiodon lacunicolus (Kendall & Goldsborough 1911)

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Distribution	Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, to Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to Byron Bay, New South Wales; also the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Usually found among branches of the branching coral Pocillopora damicornis
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I,9-10; Anal fin I, 8-9. Longitudinal scale series 22-24. Body depth at level of pelvic fins 3.0-3.1 in SL. Scales ctenoid scales except cycloid on abdomen; head, nape, prepectoral region, breast and midventral portion of abdomen naked; fleshy papillae present on snout and cheek; pelvic fin frenum and basal membrane complete.
Etymology	[the derivation of the word is unclear, but most likely from the Latin lacuna = cavity or hollow + cola = dweller and treated as a noun in apposition]
Species Citation	Ruppellia lacunicola Kendall & Goldsborough 1911, Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 26(7): 318, pl. 6(1). Type locality: Lagoon at Fakarava, Paumotu [Tuamotu] Islands, French Polynesia.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2021
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Blackfin Coralgoby, Paragobiodon lacunicolus (Kendall & Goldsborough 1911)

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