Descriptions of two new species of Hetereleotris (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the western Indian Ocean, with discussion of related species
- Authors: Hoese, Douglass F , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1986-09
- Subjects: Gobiidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70228 , vital:29636 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 41 , Thirteen species of the genus Hetereleotris are recognized from the Indian Ocean. Two of the species are described as new. H. poecila (Fowler) is recorded for the first time from the Indian Ocean, and H. vulgaris (Klunzinger) is recorded from the Mediterranean. Specimens of H. zonata from India and Pakistan were found to differ in several features from specimens from South Africa. A key is given to the species from the western Indian Ocean. Diagnoses and a primary synonymy are given for each of the 11 previously described species.
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- Date Issued: 1986-09
A new gobiid fish, Fusigobius duospilus, from the tropical Indo-Pacific
- Authors: Hoese, Douglass F , Reader, Sally , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Date: 1985-01
- Subjects: Gobiidae -- Classification
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70180 , vital:29631 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 36 , Fusigobius duospilusis described as a new species from several localities in the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans. This species differs from other species of Fusigobius in pectoral ray and gill-raker counts, coloration, reduced pelvic frenum, branching of the pelvic rays, presence of two large black spots on the first dorsal fin and shape of the first dorsal fin. The species is free living on sand. Males average a larger size than females. Sex ratios are uneven, with about twice as many females as males. Fusigobius longispinus Goren is recorded from several localities in the western Indian Ocean, where populations differ morphologically from Red Sea populations. Fusiogobius neophytus africanusls regarded as a synonym of F. neophytus.
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- Date Issued: 1985-01