Tailspot Dartgoby (species: Ptereleotris heteroptera) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Ptereleotris heteroptera
Tailspot Dartgoby


©Anne Hoggett: Ptereleotris heteroptera near the reef crest between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Tailspot Dartgoby at Lizard Island

©Lyle Vail: Ptereleotris heteroptera near Turtle Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Microdesmidae
Genus Ptereleotris
Species Ptereleotris heteroptera

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


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References

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

  • Leis, J.M. and R. Fisher (2006). Swimming speed of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae measured in the laboratory and in the field: a comparison of critical speed and in situ speed. "Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium". : 438-445. LIRS catalog number 1513.
  • Leis, J.M. and B. Carson-Ewart (1997). In situ swimming speeds of the late pelagic larvae of some Indo-Pacific coral-reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 159: 165-174. LIRS catalog number 523.