CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Eleotridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 429010 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Giuris aporocephalus (Macleay, 1884)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 429 Eleotridae (Gudgeons) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Snakehead Gudgeon
Common Names List:	snakeheaded gudgeon
Organism Type:	a gudgeon
Synonyms:	Giuris margaritacea Giuris margaritaceus Ophieleotris margaritacea Ophieleotris aporos
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 429907 Giuris spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	429010, 37 429019, 429019

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-21.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 5 m.

Taxon Notes:	Keith & Mennesson (2020) reviewed the genus Giuris, recognising 8 species. The species previously referred to as Giuris margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1837) was found to be Giuris aporocephalus (Macleay 1884), which is known from Australia, PNG & Solomon Islands. The true Giuris margaritaceus is known from Southwest Pacific: New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), Gaua (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Palau, Philippines and Indonesia (Ambon, Ceram, Halmahera, Sulawesi), but not Australia (Keith & Mennesson, 2020; Catalog of Fishes, accessed 21.1.2022). In Australia, G. aporocephalus is confirmed from Claudie River near Lockhart (12°50'S) to Bakers Creek, Mackay (21°11'S), Qld, and literature records are known from the western side of Cape York from Embley River, Weipa (12°50'S, 141°55'E) to Jardine River (10°55'S, 142°13'E) [AFD online, accessed 21.1.22].

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Keith, P., Mennesson, M.I., 2020. Review of Giuris (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Indo-Pacific islands, with description of three new species, Cybium, Vol. 44, 4: 331-349.

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