Mugilogobius abei

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Gobies ; Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms of estuaries and coastal fresh water streams not far from the stream mouth[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 587 meters (0 to 1,926 feet).[2]

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water. Demersal .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ctenogobius abei • Ctenogobius abei Jordan & Snyder, 1901 • Ctenogobius abei Jordan & Snyder • Gobius bivittata (Herre • Mugilogobius abei • Mugiolgobius abei • Mugiolgobius abei (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) • Mugiolgobius abei (Jordan & Snyder • Tamanka bivittata Herre

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 18-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mugilogobius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. amadi (Poso Bungu) · M. cavifrons (Bandfin Mullet Goby) · M. chulae (Yellowstripe Goby) · M. duospilus (Dual-Spotted Goby) · M. durbanensis (Durban Goby) · M. fontinalis (Samoan Mullet Goby) · M. fusculus (One-Thread Goby) · M. inhacae (Meander Goby) · M. littoralis (Seep Goby) · M. paludis (Mangrove Goby) · M. parvus (Least Mullet Goby) · M. platynotus (Flat-Backed Goby) · M. platystomus (Indonesian Goby) · M. rambaiae (Queen of Siam Goby) · M. sarasinorum (Sarasin's Goby) · M. tagala (Blotchfin Mullet Goby) · M. valigouva (Mullet-Headed Goby) · M. wilsoni (Wilson's Goby)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Catalog of fossil fishes in the Carnegie Museum / by Charles R. Eastman. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1911-] url p. 439.
• Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 287, p. 439.
• Record of fishes obtained in Japan in 1911, by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1914 url p. 287.
• Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911 / by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1914] url p. 287.
• The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika. Tokyo, Japan: The University, 1898-1925. url p. 345.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Iwamoto, Tomio (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132306
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-53293
• Fishbase Species ID: 23191
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 637674
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117080

Footnotes

1. Larson, H. K. (2001). A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. No. 62):1-233. [back]
2. Mean = 64.000 meters (209.974 feet), Standard Deviation = 197.630 based on 9 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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