Favonigobius melanobranchus
Creators
- 1. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 2. Conservation Monitoring Centre, The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan
Description
28. Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) ―Blackthroat Goby― Native
Taxonomy. Original description: Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler, 1934:82, figs. 24-25 [Den Pasar, southern Bali, Indonesia; Holotype (unique): ANSP 56333]. Synonyms: Rhinogobius melanobranchus Fowler, 1934; Rhinogobius atribranchiostegus B̂hlke, 1984; Silhouettea chaimi Goren, 1978; Papillogobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934).
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Oman by Freyhof et al. (2020); confirmed by Esmaeili et al. (2022).
General distribution. Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf and Seychelles east to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Eastern Mediterrranean Sea immigrant. Habitat: marine.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Sur (see Freyhof et al. 2020).
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Near Threatened (NT).
Remarks. The Blackthroat Goby is found in the estuaries and is occasionally accidently trapped in freshwaters.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ANSP
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Favonigobius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- ANSP 56333
- Order
- Perciformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Fowler
- Species
- melanobranchus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934) sec. Esmaeili & Hamidan, 2023
References
- Fowler, H. W. (1934) Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, Part I. -- Fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 86, 67 - 163.
- Freyhof, J., Feulner, G. R., Hamidan, N. A. & Krupp, F. (2020) Freshwater fishes Fishes of the Arabian Peninsula. Motivate Media Group, Dubia, 272 pp.
- Esmaeili, H. R., Jufaili, S. A., Masoumi, A. H. & Zarei, F. (2022) Ichthyodiversity in southeastern Arabian Peninsula: Annotated checklist, taxonomy, short description and distribution of Inland fishes of Oman. Zootaxa, 5134 (4), 451 - 503. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5134.4.1