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Re: [gobygroup] Brachygobius identification needed

Looks like xanthomelas to me however the color could come in.  xanthomelas have 5 bands nanus have 4 bands.  The middle band is broken up and spotted.

"Frank M. Greco" <phrankg@...> wrote:
Hi folks. I recently received the goby in the pic from my India
supplier. They came in as B. nunus. However, I can not verify that these
fish are indeed that species. Pics I've seen online do not match this
fish. Is there a paper dealing with the various Brachygobius species?
Any help appreciated.

Frank
Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:21 am

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Hi folks. I recently received the goby in the pic from my India supplier. They came in as B. nunus. However, I can not verify that these fish are indeed that... 		Frank M. Greco
frankmgreco
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11:38 pm

Looks like xanthomelas to me however the color could come in. xanthomelas have 5 bands nanus have 4 bands. The middle band is broken up and spotted. "Frank...
Gerald Griffin
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1:21 am

Gerald Griffin wrote: Looks like xanthomelas to me however the color could come in. xanthomelas have 5 bands nanus have 4 bands. The middle band is broken up...
Frank M. Greco
frankmgreco
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1:34 am

Not supposed to be. Could be one of dozen species of bumblebees known. However I do not know of any bumblebees that come from India, the closest I know of...
Gerald Griffin
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1:42 am

Gerald Griffin wrote: However I do not know of any bumblebees that come from India, According to FishBase, B. nunus is from India, which is the name these fish...
Frank M. Greco
frankmgreco
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1:58 am

Under Naomi Delventhal's advice, I've been encouraging fishkeepers not to get to hung up on identifying Brachygobius to species level. My understanding is that...
Neale Monks
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9:04 am

Having been trained as an ichthyologist I do count scales and do all of the other morphological stuff that goes with it. Nothing worse than a fish in my...
Gerald Griffin
herpchat
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11:25 am

... Can't help it. I'm obsessive that way <<G>>. ... Well, I can do both counts, so it may be possible for me to get an identification that way. I'll see if I...
Frank M. Greco
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9:48 pm

Keep us posted and if you ever want to send a dead one my way let me know. ... Can't help it. I'm obsessive that way <<G>>. ... Well, I can do both counts, so...
Gerald Griffin
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9:53 pm

what about Pandaka sp.? Gianluca...
Gianluca Polgar
polgy1
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12:20 pm

... I've seen only one Pandaka species, and this fish does not look like it in body shape. Frank...
Frank M. Greco
frankmgreco
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9:49 pm

Frank, For what it's worth, your fish does look a lot like B. nunus as show in the Aqualog 'Brackish-Water Fishes' book (p. 49). The fish photographed there...
Neale Monks
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10:09 pm

Hello Frank - that looks like B. nunus to me, and that's based on my examination of Alcock's syntypes, which came from Port Canning, lower Bengal. There is...
Helen Larson
gobywan2001
Offline Send Email 		Dec 14, 2008
11:23 pm

Helen Larson wrote: I hope to finish my revision of all the Brachygobius species soon-ish. Work will speed up after I retire from govt work mid-next year and...
Frank M. Greco
frankmgreco
Offline Send Email 		Dec 15, 2008
3:48 am

Probably in Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. <')////==< Dr Helen K. Larson Curator of Fishes Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory PO Box 4646 ...
Helen Larson
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