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Records of Austrolethops wardi Whitley (Teleostei: Gobiidae) as an inhabitant of burrows of the thalassinid shrimp Neaxius acanthus in tropical seagrass beds of the Spermonde Archipelago, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Author(s) -
Kneer D.,
Asmus H.,
Ahnelt H.,
Vonk J. A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01775.x
Subject(s) - archipelago , seagrass , shrimp , biology , teleostei , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , habitat
The occurrence of the gobiid Austrolethops wardi in seagrass beds at Bone Batang, a small island of the Spermonde Archipelago, south‐west Sulawesi, Indonesia, is reported; the first record of A. wardi in Indonesia. All fish were found to be associated with burrows of the thalassinid shrimp Neaxius acanthus , where they were caught either as single specimens or as pairs. The main diagnostic characters of this rarely found gobiid are presented.