Gnatholepis cauerensis
Shoulderspot Goby
©Anne Hoggett: Gnatholepis cauerensis near the reef crest between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.
©Graham Edgar: Gnatholepis cauerensis at Cod Hole near Lizard Island. This specimen lacks the distinctive small orange spot above the pectoral fin base.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Gnatholepis
Species
Gnatholepis cauerensis
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 4.5 cm (length according to Allen et al (2003).)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
- World Register of Marine Species
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- iNaturalist
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Fishes of Australia - Gnatholepis cauerensis
- Fishes of Australia (Museum of Victoria)
- Fishbase
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References
References that assist with identification
- Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.
- Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Other references
- Goatley, C.H.R., A. González-Cabello and D.R. Bellwood (2016). Reef-scale partitioning of cryptobenthic fish assemblages across the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 544: 271-280. LIRS catalog number 2039.
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