Malayan Eel Blenny, Congrogadus malayanus (Weber 1909)
A Malayan Eel Blenny, Congrogadus malayanus, from 3 miles E of Turtle Head, Cape York, Queensland, AMS I.20828-018. Source: Douglass F. Hoese / Australian Museum. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A dark eel blenny with a series of pale spots arrangedpots arranged in 5-6 irregular rows.Opercle with a dark ocellated spot. A short dark bar running posteroventrally from eye to opercular ocellus.
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Bray, D.J. 2017, Congrogadus malayanus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4531
Malayan Eel Blenny, Congrogadus malayanus (Weber 1909)
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Distribution |
Cape York, Queensland, Papua New Guinea, and the Aru Islands, Indonesia. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin I, 60-63; Anal fin 49-53; Vertebrae 64-68. Gill membranes fused to the isthmus. No posterior otic sensory pore; preopercular pores 7; one posterior interorbital pore. Scaled cheek; variable number of scales dorsally on opercle. |
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Feeding |
Feeds mostly on crustaceans. |
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Species Citation |
Haliopsis malayanus Weber 1909, Notes from the Leyden Museum 31(2): 145. Type locality: Aru Island, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2017 |
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Resources |
Malayan Eel Blenny, Congrogadus malayanus (Weber 1909)
References
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Gill, A.C., Mooi, R.D. & Hutchins, J.B. 2000. Description of a new subgenus and species of the fish genus Congrogadus from Western Australia (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 69-79.
Godkin, C.M. & Winterbottom, R. 1985. Phylogeny of the family Congrogadidae (Pisces; Perciformes) and its placement as a subfamily of the Pseudochromidae. Bulletin of Marine Science 36(3): 633-671 figs 1-15
Mooi, R.D. & Gill, A.C. 2004. Notograptidae, sister to Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae), with comments on biogeography, diet and morphological convergence with Congrogadinae (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 141: 179-205
Weber, M. 1909. Note IV. Diagnosen neuer Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Notes from the Leyden Museum 31(2): 143-169.
Winterbottom, R. 1980. Two new species of the Congrogadidae (Pisces : Perciformes) from the Indo-West Pacific. Copeia 1980(3): 396-402 figs 1-2
Winterbottom, R. 1986. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadinae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pacific Fishes 9: 1-34 figs 1-37 pl. 1
