240.98 Taenioides esquivel
Smith,1946
PLATE 125
Bulldog eelgoby
Bulhond-palingdikkop
Taenioides esquive/ Smith , 1946: 814 (Delagoa Bay); SFSA No. 904*;
1959: 221*.
D VI+48-50; A 48-50; P 16-17; GR 1+ 10 ; vertebrae 10+ 19. Jaws with
8-10 enlarged compressed teeth in outer row.
Attains 29 cm. Known from mud burrows from Delagoa
Bay to Transkei.
240.99 Taenioides jacksoni
Smith,1943
PLATE 125
Bearded eelgoby
Bebaarde palingdikkop
Taenioides jacksoni Smith , 1943: 70, Fig. 2 (St. Lucia Estuary , Natal) ;
SFSA No. 903*; 1959: 221 *.
D VI,27-28; A 30; P 17 ; GR 0+7 ; vertebrae 10+16-17. Jaws with 20
conical teeth in outer row.
Flesh semi-transparent. Mangroves. Attains 12 cm. Estuaries of Natal, but probably more widespread.
Genus Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906
Gill opening extending to below rear edge of preopercle
or to below eye; head compressed; wide-set teeth in outer
row of upper jaw; lower jaw truncate when viewed from
below; no head pores; sensory papillae reduced; V united
or separate; frenum rarely present. Scales ctenoid. D
VI + 1,7-10; A 1,7-10; P 13-20; LS 20-28. Vertebrae 26. Easily confused with Prioiepis, which has a narrower gill opening and broader head. Found on coral reefs. About 50
species, 2 in our area.
KEY TO SPECIES
la Gill opening to just in front of rear preopercular
margin; distinct groove between and behind eyes;
series of small dark spots or crossbars just below
D; 1 or 2 faint brown transverse bars under eye ...... ... .. T. corallin a
Ib Gill opening to below eye; no groove between or
behind eye; series of light circular spots below D;
pale round spots below eye .. ..... ....... ........ ..... . T. macrophthalma
Polkadot goby
240.100 Trimma corallina
(Smith,1959)
Kolletjies-dikkop
Zonogobius corallin us Smith , 1959: 209, Fig. 29 (Pinda) . Trimma cora/linus : Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979: 5.
D VI +1,9-10; A 1,8-10; P 19-20; LS 23-25; TRB Il ; GR (3-4)+ 13. V
united , but membrane often torn ; D spine 2 longest, often filamentous .
240: GOBIJDAE (GOBlES)
Lower Il P rays unbranched. P base , prepelvic, predorsal, cheek and
opercIe naked. Closely related to T. townsendi (Boulenger) from the Persian Gulf.
Body red, with 2 silvery areas below 1st D and 3 silver
areas below 2nd D; head and C peduncle with orange spots;
P base with orange spot or sometimes 2 small dusky spots.
Attains 2.5 cm. Pinda to Sodwana Bay.
240.100 Trimma coral/ina: 2.5 em holotype (N. Mozambique).
240.101 Trimma macrophthalma
(T omiyama, 1936)
PLATE 125
Flame goby
Vlam-dikkop
Eviota macrophthalma Tomiyama, 1936: 47 , Fig. 6 (Japan).
Zonogobius flammeus Smith, 1959: 209, PI. lOG (Pinda); 1961: 570, No.
922b. Trimmaflammeus: Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979: 5.
D VI+I ,9-1O ; A 1,8-9; P 17-19;LS 21-23 ; TRB 10; GR 3+(12-13) . D
spines 2 and 3 longest, often filamentous; V connected for ~ to 7) their
length . Prepelvic and P base scaled ; predorsal , cheek and opercIe naked.
Attains 2.5 cm. Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay.
Genus Trypauchen Valenciennes, 1837
Head strongly compressed with a bony median crest; eyes
rudimentary; D single , united with C; scales small, cycloid;
V completely or partly connected; pit opening into cavity
above operculum. Gill opening extending to below midoperculum . No head pores; sensory papillae reduced. D
VI,40-51; A 40-52; P 15-18; LS 45-115 . Vertebrae 34-38.
Tropical species of muddy bottoms in burrows, often at
mouths of estuaries. Numerous species, 1 in our area; genus
in need of revision and the species name used here is provisional.
240.102 Trypauchen microcephalus
Bleeker, 1860
Combgoby
Kam-dikkop
Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker, 1860: 62 (Borneo) ; Smith , SFSA
No. 937*. Ctenotrypauchen micr()cephalus: Smith , 1959: 220*; 1961: 570,
No. 937. Ctenotrypauchen barnardi Hora, 1926: 221, Figs. 1 & 2 (off
Tugela River , Natal) .
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Smith,1946
PLATE 125
Bulldog eelgoby
Bulhond-palingdikkop
Taenioides esquive/ Smith , 1946: 814 (Delagoa Bay); SFSA No. 904*;
1959: 221*.
D VI+48-50; A 48-50; P 16-17; GR 1+ 10 ; vertebrae 10+ 19. Jaws with
8-10 enlarged compressed teeth in outer row.
Attains 29 cm. Known from mud burrows from Delagoa
Bay to Transkei.
240.99 Taenioides jacksoni
Smith,1943
PLATE 125
Bearded eelgoby
Bebaarde palingdikkop
Taenioides jacksoni Smith , 1943: 70, Fig. 2 (St. Lucia Estuary , Natal) ;
SFSA No. 903*; 1959: 221 *.
D VI,27-28; A 30; P 17 ; GR 0+7 ; vertebrae 10+16-17. Jaws with 20
conical teeth in outer row.
Flesh semi-transparent. Mangroves. Attains 12 cm. Estuaries of Natal, but probably more widespread.
Genus Trimma Jordan & Seale, 1906
Gill opening extending to below rear edge of preopercle
or to below eye; head compressed; wide-set teeth in outer
row of upper jaw; lower jaw truncate when viewed from
below; no head pores; sensory papillae reduced; V united
or separate; frenum rarely present. Scales ctenoid. D
VI + 1,7-10; A 1,7-10; P 13-20; LS 20-28. Vertebrae 26. Easily confused with Prioiepis, which has a narrower gill opening and broader head. Found on coral reefs. About 50
species, 2 in our area.
KEY TO SPECIES
la Gill opening to just in front of rear preopercular
margin; distinct groove between and behind eyes;
series of small dark spots or crossbars just below
D; 1 or 2 faint brown transverse bars under eye ...... ... .. T. corallin a
Ib Gill opening to below eye; no groove between or
behind eye; series of light circular spots below D;
pale round spots below eye .. ..... ....... ........ ..... . T. macrophthalma
Polkadot goby
240.100 Trimma corallina
(Smith,1959)
Kolletjies-dikkop
Zonogobius corallin us Smith , 1959: 209, Fig. 29 (Pinda) . Trimma cora/linus : Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979: 5.
D VI +1,9-10; A 1,8-10; P 19-20; LS 23-25; TRB Il ; GR (3-4)+ 13. V
united , but membrane often torn ; D spine 2 longest, often filamentous .
240: GOBIJDAE (GOBlES)
Lower Il P rays unbranched. P base , prepelvic, predorsal, cheek and
opercIe naked. Closely related to T. townsendi (Boulenger) from the Persian Gulf.
Body red, with 2 silvery areas below 1st D and 3 silver
areas below 2nd D; head and C peduncle with orange spots;
P base with orange spot or sometimes 2 small dusky spots.
Attains 2.5 cm. Pinda to Sodwana Bay.
240.100 Trimma coral/ina: 2.5 em holotype (N. Mozambique).
240.101 Trimma macrophthalma
(T omiyama, 1936)
PLATE 125
Flame goby
Vlam-dikkop
Eviota macrophthalma Tomiyama, 1936: 47 , Fig. 6 (Japan).
Zonogobius flammeus Smith, 1959: 209, PI. lOG (Pinda); 1961: 570, No.
922b. Trimmaflammeus: Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979: 5.
D VI+I ,9-1O ; A 1,8-9; P 17-19;LS 21-23 ; TRB 10; GR 3+(12-13) . D
spines 2 and 3 longest, often filamentous; V connected for ~ to 7) their
length . Prepelvic and P base scaled ; predorsal , cheek and opercIe naked.
Attains 2.5 cm. Indo-West Pacific south to Sodwana Bay.
Genus Trypauchen Valenciennes, 1837
Head strongly compressed with a bony median crest; eyes
rudimentary; D single , united with C; scales small, cycloid;
V completely or partly connected; pit opening into cavity
above operculum. Gill opening extending to below midoperculum . No head pores; sensory papillae reduced. D
VI,40-51; A 40-52; P 15-18; LS 45-115 . Vertebrae 34-38.
Tropical species of muddy bottoms in burrows, often at
mouths of estuaries. Numerous species, 1 in our area; genus
in need of revision and the species name used here is provisional.
240.102 Trypauchen microcephalus
Bleeker, 1860
Combgoby
Kam-dikkop
Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker, 1860: 62 (Borneo) ; Smith , SFSA
No. 937*. Ctenotrypauchen micr()cephalus: Smith , 1959: 220*; 1961: 570,
No. 937. Ctenotrypauchen barnardi Hora, 1926: 221, Figs. 1 & 2 (off
Tugela River , Natal) .
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