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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.
Keywords
Taxonomy
Gobiiformes
Fish diversity
Morphology
Indo-Pacific Region.
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SADEGHI, R., & ESMAEILI, H. R. (2019). First documentation of an uncommon goby genus and species, Palutrus scapulopunctatus (de Beaufort, 1912) from the Persian Gulf (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 6(3), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v6i3.446
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Bogorodsky, S.; Kovačić, M.; Ozen, O. & Bilecenoglu, M. 2010b. Records of two uncommon goby species (Millerigobius macrocephalus, Zebrus zebrus) from the Aegean Sea. Acta Adriatica: international journal of Marine Sciences 51: 217-222.
Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. & van der Laan, R. 2019. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species references. www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects /eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes (accessed 31 August 2019).
Ghanbarifardi, M. & Malek, M. 2007. Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 3: 1-14.
Gill, H. 1993. Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 175-210.
Larson, H. K. & Murdy, E. O. 2001. Gobiidae. In: E.C. Kent & H.N. Volker (Eds.), FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol. 6. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Rome. pp. 3578-3603.
Miller, P. 1988. New species of Corcyrogobius, Thorogobius and Wheelerigobius from West Africa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Natural History 22: 1245-1262.
Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V. 2016. Fishes of the World: John Wiley & Sons.
Patzner, R.; Van Tassell, J.L.; Kovacic, M. & Kapoor, B.G. 2012. The biology of gobies: Science Publishers, En eld, NH.
Rahimian, H. & Pehpouri, A. 2006. Intertidal fishes of Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf, I. Gobiidae (Pisces: Perciformes). Journal of Science (University of Tehran) 69-76.
Randall, J.E. 1994. A new genus and six new gobiid fishes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Arabian waters. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 317-340.
Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman: University of Hawaii Press.
Sadeghi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Fricke, R. & Larson, H. 2017. New geographical record and morphological features of the Indo‑Pacific tropical sand goby, Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) from Iranian coast of the Makran Sea (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Check List 13: 641-645.
Sadeghi, R. & Esmaeili, H.R. 2019. Cocos Frillgoby, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854): an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters (Teleostei: Gobiidae). International Journal of Aquatic Biology 7: 117-122.
Sadeghi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Riazi, M.; Taherizadeh, M.R. & Safaie, M. 2019a. Lagoon shrimp goby, Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) (Teleostei: Gobiidae), an additional fish element for the Iranian waters. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 6: 98-105.
Sadeghi, R.; Ebrahimi, M. & Esmaeili, H.R. 2019b. Tessellate goby, Coryogalops tessellatus Randall, 1994 (Teleostei: Gobiidae), an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters. FishTaxa 4: 25-30.
Schliewen, U.; Wirtz, P. & Kovačić, M. 2018. Didogobius janetarum sp. nov., a new cryptobenthic goby species from the Cape Verde Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 4438: 381-393.
Shibukawa, K.; Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. 2010. Phoxacromion kaneharai, a new genus and species of gobiid fish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A: 107-117.
Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. 1987. Smith's Sea fishes: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Totyo.
Thacker, C.E. & Roje, D.M. 2011. Phylogeny of Gobiidae and identification of gobiid lineages. Systematics and Biodiversity 9: 329-347.
Yeganeh, M.S.A.; Deyrestani, A. & Murdy, E.O. 2015. First record of the burrowing goby, Trypauchen vagina (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae), from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 717-720.
Zare, P.; Larson, H. & Toorang, A. 2012. First record of the gobiid fish Aulopareia ocellata (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island, The Gulf, with discussion of its generic placement. Journal of Fish Biology 81: 1192-1200.
References
Bogorodsky, S.; Kovaĉić, M. & Larson, H.K. 2010a. The first records of four gobies (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Red Sea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 16: 117-128.
Bogorodsky, S.; Kovačić, M.; Ozen, O. & Bilecenoglu, M. 2010b. Records of two uncommon goby species (Millerigobius macrocephalus, Zebrus zebrus) from the Aegean Sea. Acta Adriatica: international journal of Marine Sciences 51: 217-222.
Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. & van der Laan, R. 2019. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species references. www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects /eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes (accessed 31 August 2019).
Ghanbarifardi, M. & Malek, M. 2007. Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 3: 1-14.
Gill, H. 1993. Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 175-210.
Larson, H. K. & Murdy, E. O. 2001. Gobiidae. In: E.C. Kent & H.N. Volker (Eds.), FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol. 6. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Rome. pp. 3578-3603.
Miller, P. 1988. New species of Corcyrogobius, Thorogobius and Wheelerigobius from West Africa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Natural History 22: 1245-1262.
Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V. 2016. Fishes of the World: John Wiley & Sons.
Patzner, R.; Van Tassell, J.L.; Kovacic, M. & Kapoor, B.G. 2012. The biology of gobies: Science Publishers, En eld, NH.
Rahimian, H. & Pehpouri, A. 2006. Intertidal fishes of Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf, I. Gobiidae (Pisces: Perciformes). Journal of Science (University of Tehran) 69-76.
Randall, J.E. 1994. A new genus and six new gobiid fishes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Arabian waters. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 317-340.
Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman: University of Hawaii Press.
Sadeghi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Fricke, R. & Larson, H. 2017. New geographical record and morphological features of the Indo‑Pacific tropical sand goby, Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) from Iranian coast of the Makran Sea (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Check List 13: 641-645.
Sadeghi, R. & Esmaeili, H.R. 2019. Cocos Frillgoby, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854): an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters (Teleostei: Gobiidae). International Journal of Aquatic Biology 7: 117-122.
Sadeghi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Riazi, M.; Taherizadeh, M.R. & Safaie, M. 2019a. Lagoon shrimp goby, Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) (Teleostei: Gobiidae), an additional fish element for the Iranian waters. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 6: 98-105.
Sadeghi, R.; Ebrahimi, M. & Esmaeili, H.R. 2019b. Tessellate goby, Coryogalops tessellatus Randall, 1994 (Teleostei: Gobiidae), an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters. FishTaxa 4: 25-30.
Schliewen, U.; Wirtz, P. & Kovačić, M. 2018. Didogobius janetarum sp. nov., a new cryptobenthic goby species from the Cape Verde Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 4438: 381-393.
Shibukawa, K.; Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. 2010. Phoxacromion kaneharai, a new genus and species of gobiid fish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A: 107-117.
Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. 1987. Smith's Sea fishes: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Totyo.
Thacker, C.E. & Roje, D.M. 2011. Phylogeny of Gobiidae and identification of gobiid lineages. Systematics and Biodiversity 9: 329-347.
Yeganeh, M.S.A.; Deyrestani, A. & Murdy, E.O. 2015. First record of the burrowing goby, Trypauchen vagina (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae), from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 717-720.
Zare, P.; Larson, H. & Toorang, A. 2012. First record of the gobiid fish Aulopareia ocellata (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island, The Gulf, with discussion of its generic placement. Journal of Fish Biology 81: 1192-1200.
Bogorodsky, S.; Kovačić, M.; Ozen, O. & Bilecenoglu, M. 2010b. Records of two uncommon goby species (Millerigobius macrocephalus, Zebrus zebrus) from the Aegean Sea. Acta Adriatica: international journal of Marine Sciences 51: 217-222.
Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. & van der Laan, R. 2019. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species references. www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects /eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes (accessed 31 August 2019).
Ghanbarifardi, M. & Malek, M. 2007. Permanent intertidal fish from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 3: 1-14.
Gill, H. 1993. Description of a new genus of goby from southern Australia, including osteological comparisons with related genera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 175-210.
Larson, H. K. & Murdy, E. O. 2001. Gobiidae. In: E.C. Kent & H.N. Volker (Eds.), FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol. 6. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Rome. pp. 3578-3603.
Miller, P. 1988. New species of Corcyrogobius, Thorogobius and Wheelerigobius from West Africa (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Natural History 22: 1245-1262.
Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V. 2016. Fishes of the World: John Wiley & Sons.
Patzner, R.; Van Tassell, J.L.; Kovacic, M. & Kapoor, B.G. 2012. The biology of gobies: Science Publishers, En eld, NH.
Rahimian, H. & Pehpouri, A. 2006. Intertidal fishes of Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf, I. Gobiidae (Pisces: Perciformes). Journal of Science (University of Tehran) 69-76.
Randall, J.E. 1994. A new genus and six new gobiid fishes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Arabian waters. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 317-340.
Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman: University of Hawaii Press.
Sadeghi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Fricke, R. & Larson, H. 2017. New geographical record and morphological features of the Indo‑Pacific tropical sand goby, Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) from Iranian coast of the Makran Sea (Teleostei, Gobiidae). Check List 13: 641-645.
Sadeghi, R. & Esmaeili, H.R. 2019. Cocos Frillgoby, Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854): an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters (Teleostei: Gobiidae). International Journal of Aquatic Biology 7: 117-122.
Sadeghi, R.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Riazi, M.; Taherizadeh, M.R. & Safaie, M. 2019a. Lagoon shrimp goby, Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) (Teleostei: Gobiidae), an additional fish element for the Iranian waters. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 6: 98-105.
Sadeghi, R.; Ebrahimi, M. & Esmaeili, H.R. 2019b. Tessellate goby, Coryogalops tessellatus Randall, 1994 (Teleostei: Gobiidae), an additional fish element for the Iranian marine waters. FishTaxa 4: 25-30.
Schliewen, U.; Wirtz, P. & Kovačić, M. 2018. Didogobius janetarum sp. nov., a new cryptobenthic goby species from the Cape Verde Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 4438: 381-393.
Shibukawa, K.; Suzuki, T. & Senou, H. 2010. Phoxacromion kaneharai, a new genus and species of gobiid fish (Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A: 107-117.
Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. 1987. Smith's Sea fishes: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Totyo.
Thacker, C.E. & Roje, D.M. 2011. Phylogeny of Gobiidae and identification of gobiid lineages. Systematics and Biodiversity 9: 329-347.
Yeganeh, M.S.A.; Deyrestani, A. & Murdy, E.O. 2015. First record of the burrowing goby, Trypauchen vagina (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae), from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 717-720.
Zare, P.; Larson, H. & Toorang, A. 2012. First record of the gobiid fish Aulopareia ocellata (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island, The Gulf, with discussion of its generic placement. Journal of Fish Biology 81: 1192-1200.