Dr. Mark Maddern, Australien
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Acentrogobius pflaumii is a greenish-brown goby that fades to paler toward the belly, with fine dark stripes and light bluish spots on the side and five dark rectangular spots on the underside of the body.
Acentrogobius pflaumii has a slender body, the head appears compressed, and the eyes are large and close together on the head.
The body shows short, dark, line-shaped markings directly below the center of the sides, a black marking directly below the center of the gill cover and a thin stripe on the underside of the head.
The goby's mouth is small and terminal; the gill opening is restricted to the base of the pectoral fins; the head is scaled forward over the gill cover.
The striped goby inhabits sandy and muddy areas in sheltered bays, harbors and estuaries, sometimes sharing burrows with alpheid crabs.
Native to Japan, China and Korea, this goby was accidentally introduced to Australia and New Zealand in the ballast water of ships as larvae or juveniles.
To prevent further introductions, ships bound for Australia are now required to discharge their ballast water well offshore.
It is highly interesting that in 2023 larvae were found in the Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea (Eastern Basin), and genetic testing of 100 of them confirmed that they were indeed this goby species.
see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272771423000161 and personal communication from Dr. Nir Stern.
For the occurrence in this area of the Mediterranean, an immigration through the Red Sea, via the Suez Canal into the eastern Mediterranean (Lessepssche Migration) may have occurred, or larvae or young fish may have entered the Mediterranean through the ballast water discharged by ships, as has happened around Australia and New Zealand.
Since there are currently no studies on the impact on native species and the Mediterranean ecosystem, Acentrogobius pflaumii is currently only considered an introduced species.
Etymology:
The species was named in honor of Dr. A. K. J. L. W. Pflaum, who provided Bleeker with a “new collection of Japanese fish from Nagasaki Bay”.
We like to thank Dr. Mark Maddern, Australia, for the first phoro of this species!
Synonyms:
Acanthogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Acentrogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Amoya pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Amoya pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
Gobius pflaumii Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Acentrogobius pflaumii has a slender body, the head appears compressed, and the eyes are large and close together on the head.
The body shows short, dark, line-shaped markings directly below the center of the sides, a black marking directly below the center of the gill cover and a thin stripe on the underside of the head.
The goby's mouth is small and terminal; the gill opening is restricted to the base of the pectoral fins; the head is scaled forward over the gill cover.
The striped goby inhabits sandy and muddy areas in sheltered bays, harbors and estuaries, sometimes sharing burrows with alpheid crabs.
Native to Japan, China and Korea, this goby was accidentally introduced to Australia and New Zealand in the ballast water of ships as larvae or juveniles.
To prevent further introductions, ships bound for Australia are now required to discharge their ballast water well offshore.
It is highly interesting that in 2023 larvae were found in the Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea (Eastern Basin), and genetic testing of 100 of them confirmed that they were indeed this goby species.
see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272771423000161 and personal communication from Dr. Nir Stern.
For the occurrence in this area of the Mediterranean, an immigration through the Red Sea, via the Suez Canal into the eastern Mediterranean (Lessepssche Migration) may have occurred, or larvae or young fish may have entered the Mediterranean through the ballast water discharged by ships, as has happened around Australia and New Zealand.
Since there are currently no studies on the impact on native species and the Mediterranean ecosystem, Acentrogobius pflaumii is currently only considered an introduced species.
Etymology:
The species was named in honor of Dr. A. K. J. L. W. Pflaum, who provided Bleeker with a “new collection of Japanese fish from Nagasaki Bay”.
We like to thank Dr. Mark Maddern, Australia, for the first phoro of this species!
Synonyms:
Acanthogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Acentrogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Amoya pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Amoya pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
Gobius pflaumii Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
