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 428491 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Bathygobius mero   Allen, Erdmann & Ichida, 2024

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 428 Gobiidae (Gobies) - show full list
Standard Name: [a goby]
Organism Type: a goby
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 428915     Bathygobius spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-07-16.
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Expected species depth range is from 9 to 30 m.
Taxon Notes:Described from specimens collected in Bali, Indonesia, but photographic records from Sumba, Indonesia, Cebu, Philippines, and Queensland. The only confirmed Australian record is from Carpentaria Reef (c. 17 06 S, 139 27 E), Wellesely Island group, Gulf of Carpentaria (Allen et al 2024; iNaturalist). Recorded from 9-30m depth. Possibly also occurs on the North West Shelf region of WA.
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Allen, G.R., Erdmann, M.V. & Ichida, N.K. , 2024. A new sponge-dwelling goby (Gobiidae: Bathygobius) from Indonesia, Philippines, and Australia., Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, Vol. 41: 46-53. doi:10.5281%2Fzenodo.14003729
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