Abstract

Fourteen species of Parioglossus are recognized from the warm temperate to tropical western Pacific and Indian Oceans: P. aporos n. sp., P. dotui, P. formosus, P. lineatus n. sp., P. marginalis n. sp., P. nudus n. sp., P. palustris, P. philippinus, P. rainfordi, P. raoi, P. taeniatus, P. triquetrus n. sp., P. verticalis n. sp., P. sp. Synonymies, general morphology and osteology of the genus are described, and a key for separating the species is included. Diagnoses, descriptions, distributions, comparisons, line drawings and photographs of each species are given as well as synonymies of previously described species. Notes on ecology and food preferences are included when known. Tables of meristics and morphometrics are included for the holotypes and for all other material. Different characteristics of the species are compared in a separate table. Similarities between Parioglossus and related genera, in the subfamily Ptereleotrinae, are discussed. Provisionally, the subfamily is placed in the family Microdesmidae.

 
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Short Form
Rennis and Hoese, 1985, Rec. Aust. Mus. 36(4): 169–201
Author
D. S. Rennis; Douglass F. Hoese
Year
1985
Title
A review of the genus Parioglossus with descriptions of six new species (Pisces: Gobiodei)
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
36
Issue
4
Start Page
169
End Page
201
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.36.1985.345
Language
en
Date Published
19 April 1985
Cover Date
19 April 1985
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
FISHES; TAXONOMY; OCEAN: INDIAN; OCEAN: PACIFIC
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14 May 2009
Available Online
16 July 2009
Reference Number
345
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345.enw
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