Identification of enigmatic Mediterranean fish Gobius ater Bellotti, 1888 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) based on morphology from underwater photographs.
Gobius ater
live colouration
morphology
new record
photographs
Journal
Journal of fish biology
ISSN: 1095-8649
Titre abrégé: J Fish Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0214055
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
received:
01
06
2022
accepted:
14
08
2022
pubmed:
20
8
2022
medline:
16
11
2022
entrez:
19
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Gobius ater Bellotti, 1888 is the Mediterranean gobiid species whose live appearance has remained unknown the longest since its description. A goby observed in southern France in 2021 is here identified as G. ater based on a diagnosis of morphological characters visible on high-quality underwater photographs. Then, the authors provide the first description of colouration in live G. ater and a species diagnosis based on colouration. This diagnosis allows the authors to validate a previous photographic record, also from France. Reviewing all claims of G. ater, they argue that only seven records are unambiguously valid, including the two photographic records presented here.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1381-1384Informations de copyright
© 2022 Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
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