CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 428416 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Grallenia larsonae   Allen & Hammer, 2018

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 428 Gobiidae (Gobies) - show full list
Standard Name: [a goby]
Organism Type: a goby
Synonyms: Grallenia arenicola (Shibukawa & Iwata 2007) in CAAB, AFD, etc prior to 2025
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 428997     Grallenia spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-04-28.
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Expected species depth range is from 1 to 15 m.
Taxon Notes:Originally added as G. arenicola based on specimens in AMS and NTM from Kimberley region of WA (123 32 E) and Trepang Bay to Truant Island, NT. Material from eastern Australia that had previously been identified as G. arenicola, is now regarded as G. lauensis (37428472). Allen & Erdmann (2017) noted that the Australian records of G. arenicola most likely represent an undescribed species and this species was described as Grallenia larsonae in 2018. Known from the Monte Bello Islands of Western Australia to coastal and insular locations of the Northern Territory, eastward to Bremer Island off the Gove Peninsula (northwestern corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria) in 1-15m depth. The true G. arenicola is restricted to Japan (Allen & Hammer 2018).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f14c4790-b7e9-44de-8f68-f613482d50ca
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-04-24
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398641
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-04-24
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Allen, G.R. & M.P. Hammer , 2018. Grallenia larsonae, a new species of sandgoby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from northern Australia, Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, Vol. 31: 87-96. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1492882
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