Glossogobius mahalonensis

Taxonavigation: Gobioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Gobiaria Ordo: Gobiiformes Subordo: Gobioidei

Familia: Gobiidae
Subfamilia: Gobiinae
Genus: Glossogobius
Species: Glossogobius mahalonensis

Name

Glossogobius mahalonensis Hoese et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZB 21382.
• Paratypes: AMS I.46210-001, I.46210-002; MZB 22199 (2, 5); NTM S.17645-001; SAMA F.13953; ZFMK 67403, 67404, 67405, 67406, 67407, 67408, 67527, 67528, 67529, 67530, 67531; ZRC 45757; ZSM 43116.

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, South Sulawesi Province, Lake Mahalona, inshore habitat of north-western Lake Mahalona at 2°34.751’S, 121°29.068’E, Larona (Malili Lakes) drainage.

Etymology: Named for the type locality Lake Mahalona, Sulawesi.

Vernacular names

English: Mahalona Bluefin Goby

References

• Hoese, D. F., Hadiaty, R. K. & Herder, F., 2015: Review of the dwarf Glossogobius lacking head pores from the Malili lakes, Sulawesi, with a discussion of the definition of the genus. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 14–26. PDF