The systematic position of a West African gobioid fish, Eleotris maltzani Steindachner

Abstract

New material from inshore waters of Ghana has permitted redescription of Eleotris maltzani Steindachner 1882, for which Batanga angustifrons Blanc, Cadenat & Stauch, 1968, is found to be a junior synonym. Aspects of die skeleton, head lateral‐line system, pelvic fins and odier external features justify recognition of a new genus, Wheelerigobius, for this small species. Despite virtually separate pelvic fins, Wh. maltzani is shown by osteological and lateral‐line criteria to belong within the Gobiinae, rather man Eleotrinae. Despite some marked autapomorphy in pattern of suborbital sensory papillae, Wh. maltzani most closely resembles die Mediterranean‐Atlantic genus Gobius, although affinity with the neighbouring Millerigobius is also discussed.

Microhabitats and ecomorphology of coral- and coral rock-associated gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the northern Red Sea

“…For instance, a well‐developed pelvic disc, which enables clinging to the substrate, is present in all four coral goby genera, but lacking in the three others associated with coral rock. United pelvics are plesiomorphic among Gobiidae, and separation of the pelvics may be secondary (Miller 1981).…”

Isozyme criteria in the testing of phyletic relationships between species of Gobius and related eastern Atlantic‐Mediterranean genera (Teleostei: Gobüdae)

“…Twenty-six morphological characters (from Miller, 1986; see Appendix) were used to compile a binary matrix for the nine taxa under consideration; character state polarization was based on comparison with outgroups formed by Cuflhgobius (Miller, 1981), and other eastern Atlantic genera discussed by Miller (1986) and Van Tassel1 et al (1988). This matrix was processed by a phenetic CLUSTER program supplied by Dr J. M. V. Rayner, and by HENNIG86 for numerical cladistics (Platnick, 1989); an intuitive cladogram was also produced from these characters.…”

Gobius salamansa, a new species of goby (Gobiidae) from the Cape Verde Islands supported by a unique cephalic lateral line system and DNA barcoding

“…Among the 21 species of Gobius-Mauligobius recorded from the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, 16 have a subtropical or temperate affinity and only five are restricted to the tropical Atlantic along the western African coast (Brito and Miller 2001;Miller 1990): Gobius ateriformis Brito and Miller 2001;Gobius rubropunctatus Delais 1951; Gobius senegambiensis Metzelaar 1919; Gobius tetrophthalmus Brito and Miller 2001;Mauligobius nigri (Günther 1861). Despite significant progress in the systematics and biodiversity of gobies from the eastern tropical and subtropical Atlantic (Miller 1978(Miller , 1981a(Miller , 1984(Miller , 1988Van Tassell 1988Van Tassell et al 1988;Miller and Smith 1989;Brito and Miller 2001;Kovačić and Schliewen 2008;Schliewen and Kovačić 2008;Schliewen 2011; Tassell and Kramer 2014) many more species of gobies will likely be discovered in targeted collection efforts along the relatively unexplored West African coastline (Kovačić and Schliewen 2008;Wirtz et al 2013).…”