- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- GOBIIDAE
- Gobiopsis
- malekulae
Striped Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis malekulae (Herre 1935)
A Striped Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis malekulae, from the Similan Islands, Thailand. Source: John E. Randall / FishBase. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A small pale grey goby with brown saddles on top of the head extending ventrally to middle of the preoperculum, a second brown saddle across the nape extending to pectoral region, and a broad, dark brown lateral stripe from pectoral-fin region to the caudal-fin base.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Gobiopsis malekulae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 28 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/900
Striped Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis malekulae (Herre 1935)
More Info
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Distribution |
Coral Sea, east of Cape York, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west Pacific. Inhabits shallow reefs from the intertidal zone to a depth of 15 m. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin V-VI + I, 10; Anal fin I, 9-10; Longitudinal scale series 31-34. Body depth 6.4 in SL; pelvic fins fully united, frenum present; barbels present on snout, tip of chin, and ventrally below lower jaw. Scales cycloid, absent from cheek and operculum; scales deeply embedded on nape; nasal and posterior interorbital sensory pores absent. Caudal fin rounded. |
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Species Citation |
Ctenogobiopsis malekulae Herre 1935, Publications. Field Museum of Natural History. Zoology Series Zool. 18(12): 423. Type locality: Bushman Bay, Malekula Island, Vanuatu. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Striped Barbelgoby, Gobiopsis malekulae (Herre 1935)
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Herre, A.W. 1935. New fishes obtained by the Crane Pacific Expedition. Publications. Field Museum of Natural History. Zoology Series Zool. 18(12): 383-438 figs 31-33
Lachner, E.A. & McKinney, J.F. 1978. A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Gobiopsis with descriptions of four new species (Pisces : Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 262: 1-52 figs 1-7 pls 1-11 https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.262, open access
