Hard-drinking Atomgoby, Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom 1989

Other Names: Hard-drinking Atom Goby

Summary:

A species of Atomgoby with a scaled body, unbranched pelvic-fin rays and red anterior nostrils.

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Dianne J Bray, 2011, Hard-drinking Atomgoby, Trimmatom zapotes, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 25 May 2013, http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4170

Hard-drinking Atomgoby, Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom 1989

More Info

Distribution	Known from the Western Pacific Ocean. In Australian waters, known from Cape York, in 3-25 m
Features	Meristic features: Dorsal-fin spines/rays VI + I, 8-9; Anal fin spines/rays III; Pectoral fin rays 12-13; Pelvic-fin rays I, 5; Caudal-fin rays (17 (segmented); Gill rakers 1 + 5-6.
Size	To 15.5 mm SL
Colour	Colour of a freshly dead specimen: cheek and rear half of body yellow-green, translucent elsewhere, with 5 darkish internal body bars; anterior nasal tube red; a bar on the cheek below the pupil, 8 diffues saddles on back, and bases of caudal-fin rays pink; dorsal fins yellow; scale margins on rear half of body dark.
Feeding
Biology
Fisheries	Of no interest to fisheries
Conservation	IUCN Red List: Not Evaluated EPBC Act 1999: Not listed
Remarks
Similar Species	Trimmatom zapotes differs from all other species in the genus Zapotes in having a scaled body and unbranched pelvic-fin rays.
Etymology	Named from the Greek zapotes, a hard drinker, in allusion to the red anterior nasal tubes of this species (Winterbottom, 1989).
Species Citation	Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom, R. 1989. A revision of the Trimmatom nanus species complex (Pisces, Gobiidae), with descriptions of three new species and redefinition of Trimmatom. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67: 2403-2410 [2407, Figs. 5, 6, 7]
Author	Dianne J Bray
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Hard-drinking Atomgoby, Trimmatom zapotes Winterbottom 1989

References

Dimara, R, A. Fauzan, M. Lazuardi, D. Pada, G.R. Allen, M.V. Erdmann, C.L. Huffard, L.S. Katz & R. Winterbottom. 2010. Pisces, Teleostei, Gobiidae, illustrated list of additions to the fauna of the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. Check List 6(4): 619-625.

Winterbottom, R. 1989. A revision of the Trimmatom nanus species complex (Pisces, Gobiidae), with descriptions of three new species and redefinition of Trimmatom. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67: 2403-2410.

Winterbottom, R. 1990. The Trimmatom nanus species complex (Actinopterygii, Gobiidae): Phylogeny and progenetic heterochrony. Systematic Zoology 39(3): 253-265.