Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien
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For a long time, Stonogobiops larsonae was only known in Australia, from the Kimberley coast in Western Australia and near Cairns and Hervey Bay in Queensland, Eastern Australia.
Dr. Mark Erdmann confirmed on his website Bird's Head Seascape that the species occurs around the Anambas Islands, a group of islands in the Riau Islands, located between Borneo and Malaysia, southwest of the Natuna Islands.
Dr. Gerry Allen & Mark Erdmann note in their standard work “Reef Fishes of the East Indies” on page 976 that Stonogobiops larsonae also occurs in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, and around Cebu, Philippines.
Brief description:
Males and females are both pale gray in color, becoming whitish toward the head, chest, and belly.
Males have a diagonal blue band behind the eyes, a central blue stripe on the side of the body and a less conspicuous, often interrupted stripe on the underside.
There may be a small reddish stripe on the front dorsal fin, at the tip of the second ray, and the same applies to the two pectoral fins.
Females have no blue stripes on their bodies and a black edge on the front of the first dorsal fin.
No information is available on the diet of this pretty, delicate goby.
More great color photos of Stonogobiops larsonae can be found on Fishes of Australia by Sue Churchill & Rogan Draper: https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/159#summary
Synonym: Myersina larsonae Allen, 1999 · unaccepted
Dr. Mark Erdmann confirmed on his website Bird's Head Seascape that the species occurs around the Anambas Islands, a group of islands in the Riau Islands, located between Borneo and Malaysia, southwest of the Natuna Islands.
Dr. Gerry Allen & Mark Erdmann note in their standard work “Reef Fishes of the East Indies” on page 976 that Stonogobiops larsonae also occurs in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, and around Cebu, Philippines.
Brief description:
Males and females are both pale gray in color, becoming whitish toward the head, chest, and belly.
Males have a diagonal blue band behind the eyes, a central blue stripe on the side of the body and a less conspicuous, often interrupted stripe on the underside.
There may be a small reddish stripe on the front dorsal fin, at the tip of the second ray, and the same applies to the two pectoral fins.
Females have no blue stripes on their bodies and a black edge on the front of the first dorsal fin.
No information is available on the diet of this pretty, delicate goby.
More great color photos of Stonogobiops larsonae can be found on Fishes of Australia by Sue Churchill & Rogan Draper: https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/159#summary
Synonym: Myersina larsonae Allen, 1999 · unaccepted
