Phantom Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea insinuans Smith 1959
Other Names: Phantom Goby, Silhouette Goby
Illustration of the Phantom Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea insinuans. Source: Plate 11 (fig E) in Smith (1959) Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A yellowish goby with white saddles and faint brown spots above; a small black blotch halfway up the front of the first dorsal fin, dusky tips on the anal fin, and a black chin.
Larson (2019) does not record S. insiduans from Australia or elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean, indicating that Australian material has been misidentified.
Larson (2019) does not record S. insiduans from Australia or elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean, indicating that Australian material has been misidentified.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2020, Silhouettea insinuans in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Feb 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4164
Phantom Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea insinuans Smith 1959
More Info
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Distribution |
North-western, Western Australia, and Cape Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific.. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Indian Ocean. Inhabits sandy areas, often in streams that run into beaches. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin VI + I,11; Anal fin I, 13. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin insinuans (= penetrating), perhaps in reference to the , allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its living in sand |
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Species Citation |
Silhouettea insinuans Smith 1959, Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 13: 214, fig. 33, pl. 11E. Type locality: Silhouette, Seychelles. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Resources |
Phantom Silhouette Goby, Silhouettea insinuans Smith 1959
References
Larson, H. 2019. Silhouettea insinuans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T118354732A124556529. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T118354732A124556529.en. Downloaded on 11 July 2020.
Larson, H.K. & Miller, P.J. 1986. Two new species of Silhouettea (Gobiidae) from northern Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 33(2): 110-118 figs 1-6 https://doi.org/10.11369/jji1950.33.110
Miller, P.J. 1988. Studies on Silhouettea Smith 1959 and an account of Ebomegobius Herre 1946 (Pisces: Gobiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 68(4/6): 241-273
Smith, J.L.B. 1959. Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae and Kraemeriidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 13: 185-225 figs 1-42 pls 9-13
Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.
