A review of the Glossogobius giuris complex in Australia, with wider discussion on nomenclature and possible synonymies
Author
Hoese, Douglass F.
Australian Museum, 1 William St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
Author
Hammer, Michael P.
0000-0002-0981-4647
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, PO Box 4646 Darwin, Northern Territory 0801, Australia. michael. hammer @ magnt. net. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0981 - 4647
michael.hammer@magnt.net.au
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-19
4974
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4974.1.3
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Psammogobius
Smith, 1936
Although often treated as a synonym of
Glossogobius
, Hoese
et al
. (2015) provided detailed morphological reasons for recognising the genus.
Gobius sublitus
Cantor, 1849
. The species was described from
Malaysia
. The
holotype
is a varnished skin and clearly has a lappet over the eye and a broad gill opening indicating
Psammogobius
. Two species are being confused under the name
Psammogobius biocellatus
:
P. biocellatus
with opercular scales and fully scaled predorsal and a second species without opercular scales and reduced predorsal scales. The second species probably has a name, but we have not examined sufficient type material to be sure of the appropriate name.
Psammogobius biocellatus
is known from the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, but the second species is only known from the western and central Pacific.