Egglestonichthys fulmen, Eggleston's lightning goby

Egglestonichthys fulmen Fujiwara, Suzuki & Motomura, 2020

Eggleston's lightning goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: fulmen: Name from Latin 'fulmen' meaning 'lightning', referring to the bright yellow zigzag pattern on the upper part of the body.
Eponymy: Dr David Eggleston was Fisheries Research Officer at the Fisheries Research Station, Hong Kong. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 250 m (Ref. 123502). Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Is.).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123502)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 109; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: A I, 9; pectoral-fin rays 17, with lower rays connected by membrane; longitudinal series scales 25; transverse scales 8; pre-dorsal-fin scale rows 8; cheek and opercle are naked; no pelvic frenum; caudal fin lanceolate, its length 32.2% of SL; interorbital width is very narrow, 1.2% of HL (much narrower than pupil diameter); no spicules or odontoid processes on the outer surface of gill arches. Colouration: body whitish, upper half with broken zigzag pattern of bright yellow patches and associated scattered black melanophores in fresh specimens (melanophores retained in preserved specimens) (Ref. 123502).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Fujiwara, K., T. Suzuki and H. Motomura, 2020. A new species of Egglestonichthys (Teleostei, Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from Okinawa Island, Japan. ZooKeys (1006):91-98. (Ref. 123502)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 19 March 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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