Redfin Crestedgoby, Cristatogobius rubripectoralis Akihito, Meguro & Sakamoto 2003


Other Names: Redfin Crested Goby

A Redfin Crestedgoby, Cristatogobius rubripectoralis, from Townsville. Source: Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A pale brownish goby with reddish and greenish bands on the crest on top of the head (nuchal crest), a red first dorsal fin with a yellow midlateral stripe and a large black blotch on the rear of the fin, a red second dorsal fin with 2-3 yellow stripes, alternating red and yellow stripes on the caudal fin, and a red pectoral fin.

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Bray, D.J. 2020, Cristatogobius rubripectoralis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4181

Redfin Crestedgoby, Cristatogobius rubripectoralis Akihito, Meguro & Sakamoto 2003

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Distribution

Darwin, Northern Territory, to Townsville, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the west Pacific (Java, Lesser Sunda and Sulawesi islands, Indonesia). Inhabits muddy or sandy areas amongst mangroves.

Features

Dorsal fin VI + I,9-11; Anal fin I,8-10; Pectoral fin 16-19; Caudal fin (segmented rays) 9+8=17; Vertebrae 10 + 15-16 = 25-26; Longitudinal scales 37-64; transverse scales 19-26; predorsal scales 2-14.
Head and body compressed; thin nuchal crest with rounded margin extending from above eye to origin of first dorsal fin; first dorsal fin distally rounded without filamentous spines; caudal fin rounded; scales small.

Etymology

The specific name rubropectoralis is from the Latin ruber (= red) and pectoralis (= of the breast) in reference to the red pectoral fin of this species.

Species Citation

Cristatogobius rubripectoralis Akihito, Meguro & Sakamoto 2003, Ichthyological Research 50: 117, figs 1-3. Type locality: Saunders Beach, north of Townsville, Queensland.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2020

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Redfin Crestedgoby, Cristatogobius rubripectoralis Akihito, Meguro & Sakamoto 2003

References


Akihito, Meguro, K. & Sakamoto, K. 2003. A new species of gobiid fish, Cristatogobius rubripectoralis, from Australia. Ichthyological Research 50: 117-122 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-002-0147-1

Artiningrum, N.T., Anggraini, D.P. &Zamroni, Y.  2019. The record of Cristatogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in Indonesia. AIP Conference Proceedings 2199: 050005 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5141303

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1-663.

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.

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

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CAAB Code:37428360

Depth:0-5 m

Habitat:Mangroves

Max Size:7.5 cm TL

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