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Diagram of head of Aulopareia ocellata, NTM S.16768-001, 84 mm standard length female, showing sensory papillae and head pores; scales on predorsal region only partly illustrated. Note: bilobed mental frenum partly visible on chin below the lower lip.
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The poorly known gobiid fish species Aulopareia ocellata is recorded for the first time from the intertidal zone of north-east Qeshm Island, The Gulf, Iran. The species has been referred to previously as Parachaeturichthys ocellatus, but here is placed in Aulopareia, pending a revision of the genus. The morphological features of A. ocellata are des...
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... at snout. Mouth terminal, oblique, forming an angle of c. 30-35 • with body axis; lower lip and chin tip anteriormost; jaws reaching below mid-eye; upper jaw length 38·8-43·3% (mean 41·1%) of L H . Lips smooth; lower lip fused to underside of head on either side of broad bilobed mental frenum, with slender pointed barbel at each side of frenum (Fig. 3). Eyes small, oval, dorsolateral, orbit length 9·7-18·5% (mean 12·4%) of L H . Snout rounded, 22·0-29·1% (mean 25·4%) of L H ; posterior nostril oval to triangular, placed close to front of eye; anterior nostril in low asymmetric tube (forming low rounded flap on dorsal side of tube), close to upper lip. Interorbital broad, flat, ...
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... interorbital pore D, no postorbital pore E, long slit-like pore F (or F fused with G) behind eye, pore H in the anterior portion of the oculoscapular canal and temporal pores K and L in short separate posterior portion of the oculoscapular canal over opercle; three preopercular pores M, N and O present. Sensory papillae in longitudinal pattern (Fig. ...
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... The genus Parachaeturichthys Bleeker, 1874 is represented by only one valid species P. polynema (Bleeker, 1853) widely distributed in Indo-Pacific, also reported from South Africa, Oman, Persian Gulf, Pakistan and India (Froese and Pauly, 2021;Fricke et al., 2021). Another species, previously known as Parachaeturichthys ocellatus (Day, 1873), was transferred to genus Aulopareia by Zare et al. (2012). Several workers (Bleeker, 1853;Koumans, 1941;Mutsaddi and Bal, 1974;Lachner and McKinney, 1978;Krishnan and Mishra, 1993;Psomadakis et al., 2015;Jawad et al., 2020) in the past has contributed to the description, and distribution of gobiids in general and these two species in particular in Indian Ocean. ...
Gobiopsis canalis, checkered goby is one of the rare species of the genus Gobiopsis, with information available from few specimens only. In the present study, this species has been discovered for the first time from the north-eastern Arabian Sea. Previously the species was reported from the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan and India’s south-west coast. The presently collected specimen is only the second specimen to be collected from the entire west coast of India since 1941 (collected by A.W. Herre from Kozhikode). Parachaeturichthys polynema is one among the most widely distributed goby along coasts of India from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea, but it had never been documented from Gujarat (1600 km) before the present study. The present study fills the gap in the distribution of G. canalis and P. polynema along the coasts of the Arabian Sea. The detailed morphometric and meristic characters of specimens are presented in the study, which are generally limited.
... Smith (1945) originally compared his new genus and its monotypic species A. janetae to Gnatholepis Bleeker, 1874 andExyrias Jordan &Seale, 1906, with which it shares the features of having scales on the cheek, opercle and top of the head. Larson & Wright (2003) gave three diagnostic characters (absence of an anterior interorbital pore, a longitudinally elongate infraorbital pore and longitudinal papillae pattern) for the genus, and a preliminary diagnosis was also given by Zare et al. (2012), with some discussion of one species, Aulopareia ocellata (Day). Jaafar (2008) carried out some work on Gobius cyanomos Bleeker as part of her PhD thesis, considering that it may be a Yongeichthys. ...
The tropical Indo-west Pacific gobiid fish genus Aulopareia Bleeker is reviewed, with all recognised species redescribed herein, apart from one uncertain species. Additionally, a new species from Kuwait is described (A. vadosa n. sp.). Of the 10 nominal species names usually assigned to this genus, only three appear to be valid Aulopareia (A. koumansi, A. ocellata and A. unicolor). From descriptions and illustrations, Acentrogobius microps Chu and Wu appears to be an Aulopareia but no material was available for study. The species that has been variously named as Acentrogobius cyanomos, Aulopareia cyanomos or Aulopareia spilopterus is redescribed. The status of two other species that may be related is also discussed: Gobius cyanoclavis Cantor and Gobius phaiomelas Bleeker. Aulopareia has been noted as being related to Parachaeturichthys.
... Shibukawa et al. (2010) Arcygobius baliurus Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) Asteropteryx semipunctata Krupp and Muller (1994) Aulopareia ocellata Zare et al. (2012) Bathygobius cyclopterus Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) fuscus Feulner (1998) karachiensis * Hoda and Goren (1990) meggitti Ghanbarifardi and Malek (2007) Bryaninops amplus Krupp et al. (2000) discus * Suzuki et al. (2012) loki Suzuki et al. (2012) natans Herler and Hilgers (2005) Cryptocentroides arabicus * Ghanbarifardi and Malek (2007) Cryptocentrus caeruleopunctatus Karplus et al. (1981) cryptocentrus Karplus et al. (1972) fasciatus Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) lutheri Karplus et al. (1981) strigilliceps Al-Jufaili et al. (2010) Ctenogobiops crocineus Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) feroculus Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) maculosus Karplus et al. (1981) Discordipinna griessingeri Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) Ego zebra * Al-Jufaili et al. (2010) Eviota distigma Lachner and Karnella (1978) geminata * Greenfield et al. (2014) guttata Lachner and Karnella (1978) oculopiperita * Greenfield et al. (2014) pardalota Lachner and Karnella (1978) prasina Lachner and Karnella (1978) punyit Herler and Hilgers (2005) sebreei Lachner and Karnella (1978) zebrina Lachner and Karnella (1978) (continued) (2010) Fusigobius humeralis Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) longispinus Khalaf and Kochzius (2002) maximus Golani and Bogorodsky (2010) neophytus citrinus Coles and Tarr (1990) fuscoruber Herler et al. (2013) histrio ...
Gobiiform fishes are a highly diverse group with global distribution. In the Arabian Sea, this group is represented by four families—Butidae, Eleotridae, Gobiidae, and Oxudercidae—comprising 215 species in 77 genera. There are no endemic species within the Butidae. However, 58 species in 34 genera from the 3 remaining families are reported to be endemic. The highest endemicity is exhibited by the family Gobiidae (49 species in 26 genera), followed by Oxudercidae (6 species in 6 genera) and Eleotridae (3 species in 2 genera). The diversity in species, adaptations, ecology, and behavior makes gobiiform fishes excellent candidates as study organisms. Three foci for which research in the Arabian Sea have contributed significantly to the collective understanding of these fishes are summarized in this chapter—“The Ecology of Mudskippers,” “The Ecology of Shrimp-Associated Gobies,” and “The Ecology of Coral- and Sponge-Associated Gobies.” The results of these studies and future studies such as these are especially important in light of increased impacts from anthropogenic activities within the coastlines and water bodies of the Arabian Sea.
... Kovačić 2004). The identification characters for genus Aulopareia Smith was based on the genus preliminary diagnosis published in Zare et al. (2012). Miller (1966) Didogobius schlieweni Miller, 1993type material in ZSM Miller (1993 Didogobius splechtnai Ahnelt & Patzner, 1995 type material in NMW Ahnelt & Patzner (1995) Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971 type material in SMF Bath (1971) Gobius ater Bellotti, 1888 type material in MSNG Tortonese (1963) Gobius auratus Risso, 1810 type material in MNHN Heymer & Zander (1992) Gobius bucchichi Lesueurigobius sanzi (De Buen, 1918) The species was described on the Mediterranean type material which has not been stored. ...
A checklist of 73 gobiid species (Teleostei: Gobiidae) recorded to date from the Mediterranean Sea is established following the evidence approach for checklists. The Mediterranean gobiofauna currently has 62 known native species and 11 alien species. An identification key to gobiid species known from the area is provided. The principles of character selection for the key are discussed.
... However, its occurrence is documented form Indo-West Pacific Oceans. Due to taxonomic similarities in Aulopareia and Parachaeturichthys remained under discussion by various authors (Hoda, 1987;Talwar & Jhingran, 1991;Zare, Larson, & Toorang, 2012). However, Parachaeturichthys has short thin barbells whereas Aulopareia has a distinct fleshy frenum on the chin and sensory pores on head region. ...
Hoda reported the presence of over thirty species of the family Gobiidae with inadequate taxonomic descriptions and lacking fish images lead them either dubious or misidentification of some species in Pakistan. In addition, nomenclature of some species is now modified in international database and Fishbase. This study was aimed to provide a lucid taxonomic description and an image of each species in line with international database to ease biologists in identification and further investigations on gobies. Over 2 years (2017–2019) sampling conducted in lagoons, estuarine, mangroves, rocky ledges and mudflat some 662 specimens of eleven species Acentrogobius moloanus (2)†, Aulopareia ocellata (2)†, Boleophthalmus dussumieri (409), Glossogobius guiris (20), Gobius cobitis (38)†, Istigobius ornatus (40), Oxyurichthys microlepis (2), Periophthalmus barbarus (1), Periophthalmus variabilis (7)†, Scartelaos tenuis (81), and Trypauchen vagina (60) were collected († species recorded for the first time). Among sampled population 61% belongs to B. dussumieri whereas population of A. moloanus, A. ocellata and O. microlepis found to be <0.3% and Periophthalmus variabilis was merely 0.2% during entire study period. Merely eleven species sampled in the present study from versatile habitats reveals that either species reported by Hoda were may be overlooked or rampant anthropogenic activities has eliminated around 60% of the gobies population in Pakistan. This study is the first to provide detailed information about gobies their status and highlight conservation and management concern of an ecological important fish group in the northern Arabian Sea, Pakistan.
... Due to their small size and sampling difficulties, the knowledge about the distribution of many gobies is rather scarce (Bogorodsky et al. 2010a, b) and some of them have been misidentified especially in the studies conducted in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman/Makran (Sadeghi et al. 2017). During 2006-2019, 14 species of gobiids have been reported from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (Rahimian & Pehpouri 2006;Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2007;Zare et al. 2012;Yeganeh et al. 2015;Sadeghi et al. 2017Sadeghi et al. , 2019a (Klausewitz & Zander, 1967); the Pruinosa goby, P. pruinosa (Jordan & Seale, 1906); the reticulated goby, P. reticularis Smith, 1959 and the Scapular goby, P. scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort, 1912). Till date, only one species, P. meteori has been reported by Randall (1995) based on one specimen from southern Oman in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). ...
A 23.6mm SL specimen of the scapular goby, Palutrus scapulopunctatus was collected from a shallow rocky reef interspersed with sandy coastline of the Qeshm Island during a fish survey in May 2018. This report documents a significant range extension of P. scapulopunctatus into the most western parts of Indo-Pacific regions, in the Iranian intertidal coast of Persian Gulf. The morphological description of collected individual is given and discussed.
This checklist aims to reviews and summarize the results of the systematic researches on the Persian Gulf ichthyofauna that has been carried out for more than 200 years. Since the work of C. Niebuhr, a Danish biologist in the 18th century, the number of valid species has increased significantly and the systematic status of many of the species has changed, and reorganization and updating of the published information has become essential. Here we take the opportunity to provide a new and updated checklist of fishes of Persian Gulf based on literature and taxon occurrence data obtained from natural history and new fish collections. The total confirmed fish species of Persian Gulf comprise 744 species, 131 families, 445 genera and 27 orders. In the class Chondrichthyes, the most diverse family is Charcharhinidae with 23 species (41.89%), followed by Dasyatidae with 15 species (31.08%). Within the class Actinopterygii, Gobiidae with 65 species (9.70%), Carangidae with 45 species (6.27%), Serranidae with 25 species (3.73%), Apogonidae with 25 species (3.73%), Lutjanidae with 23 species (3.43%) and Blenniidae with 23 species (3.43%) are the most diverse families in the Persian Gulf.
