FB-69105 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69105 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Pomacentridae Chrysiptera Chrysiptera uswanasi Allen, Erdmann & Cahyani, 2018 Murdy's sandgoby 2020-06-15 2020-06-23 Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann0 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-69114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-06-19 00:00:00 2020-06-19 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69114 Found on gentle slope of mixed sand and small coral rubble substrate and exposed to frequent currents and coldwater upwelling. It has not been seen at depths less tha 60 m. Collected with the use of clove oil and hand nets (Ref. 118652). Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann 2018 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-06-19 00:00:00 2020-06-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69114 This species is distinguished by the following characters: predorsal fully scaled with scales entirely cycloid even above operculum; anterior nostril at end of short tube just above the upper lip; narrow suborbital, subequal to or less than pupil diameter; prepelvic area covered with large cycloid scales to below middle of operculum to posterior margin of eye. When alive, a distinct black vertical bar below eye; midsides of body with large rectangular dark spots (Ref. 118652).Description: Colour in life: head and body light brown, the head with a dark-brown to black bar (narrower than pupil diameter) from below middle of eye to posterior end of jaws; the sides of head with scattered small bluish-white spots and larger irregularly shaped yellow patches; the body also with a series of dark-brown rectangular spots along the midside, the first below middle of first dorsal fin, the second below anterior part of second dorsal fin, the third below middle of second dorsal fin and fourth on middle of caudal peduncle; posterior end of caudal peduncle has a dark brown spot, with curved thin upward and downward projections, or with an isolated spot above and a similar spot below behind midline spot; first dorsal fin with 2 rows of small dark-brown elongate spots, the second with 3-5 oblique rows of similar spots; anal fin pale brown to whitish; caudal fin with larger spots in 4-6 wavy rows; pectoral-fin base with a prominent short white stripe, the base of fin with a small black spot dorsally, the rest of it translucent (shortly after collection, the body became more translucent and the white spots more numerous (Ref. 118652). Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann 2018 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652) FB-Morphology-69114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-06-19 00:00:00 2020-06-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69114 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): - 10; Analsoft rays: 9 Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann 2018 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652) FB-Distribution-69114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-06-19 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69114 Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: Western Australia to Indonesia. Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann 2018 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652) FB-Size-69114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-06-19 00:00:00 2020-06-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69114 3.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 118652)); 2.97 cm SL (female) Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann 2018 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69114 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2020-06-19 00:00:00 2020-06-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69114 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 60 - 100 m (Ref. 118652) Hoese, D.F. and M.V. Erdmann 2018 Description of a new species of Istigobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Australia and Indonesia. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 30:70-77. (Ref. 118652)