Pseudochromidae, Muller & Troschel, 1849

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 105-106

Pseudochromidae

(dottybacks, eel blennies)

Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846

Bluespotted Dottyback

Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846c: 494 (NW coast of Australia).— Larson 1988: 161 (Darwin Harbour); Gill 2004: 16–17 (off Bullocky Point, East Point, Darwin; Coral Bay, Coburg Peninsula; Groote Eylandt; Wanderlin [Vanderlin] Island, Pellew Group).

Pseudochromis mulleri Klunzinger 1880: 370 (Port Darwin, NT).

Cichlops filamentosus Macleay 1881b: 570 (Port Darwin, NT).

Pseudochromis punctatus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 85 (Pellew Islands); McCulloch 1929: 157 (Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 165 (Groote Eylandt); Paxton et al. 1989: 520 (NT); Larson 1992: 8 (off Bing Bong Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 355 (off East Point; reef off Bullocky Point; Middle Arm); Hoese et al. 2006: 1063 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Holotype SMNS 2579 , probably lost ( Fricke 1992: 16).

North Goulburn Island.

Blennodesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 Ocellate Eel Blenny Blennodesmus scapularis Günther, 1872a: 667 , Pl. 67, fig. A (Port Mackay, Queensland).— Hoese et al. 2006:

1059 (NT; N coast).

Yirrkala (AMS material).

Congrogadus amplimaculatus ( Winterbottom, 1980)

Largespot Eel Blenny

Congrogadoides amplimaculatus Winterbottom, 1980: 397 (29 km NE of mouth of Albert R., s. portion of Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland).— Ramm 1997: 20 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

Congrogadus amplimaculatus — Hoese et al. 2006: 1014 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, Bynoe Bay [Harbour]) .

Congrogadus spinifer ( Borodin, 1933)

Spiny Eel Blenny

Congrogadoides spinifer Borodin 1933:141 (Broome, WA) .— Whitley 1964: 8 (Darwin).

Congrogadus (Congrogadoides) spinifer — Winterbottom 1986: 13 (Port Darwin; Lee Point, Shoal Bay; Arafura Sea).

Congrogadoides spinifer — Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 355 (Channel Island; NW tip East Point).

Congrogadus spinifer — Hoese et al. 2006: 1014 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Congrogadus subducens (Richardson, 1843)

Carpet Eel Blenny

Machaerium subducens Richardson, 1843c: 175 (Port Essington).

Congrogadus subducens — Günther 1862: 388 (Port Essington); McCulloch 1929: 357 (Northern Territory); Whitley 1929: 108 (Port Darwin); Taylor 1964: 278–279 (Nightcliff; East Point Reef; Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Bartalumba Bay; Yirrkalla); Whitley 1966: 237 (NT); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 355–356 (reef off Bullocky Point; Channel Island; Vesteys Beach; East Arm boat ramp reef); Larson 1997: 31 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 33 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 27 (Field Island); Larson 2000: 41 (Kakadu); Larson 2002: 33 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 1061 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast); Fisher and Calaby 2009: 37 (Port Essington).

Labracinus cyclophthalmus ( Müller and Troschel, 1849)

Firetail Dottyback

Cichlops cyclophthalmus Müller and Troschel, 1849: 24 , pl. 4 (Sunda Islands).

Labracinus cyclophthalmus — Gill 2004: 31 (Sandy Island Number 2, Coburg Peninsula); Hoese et al. 2006: 1064 (NT; N coast, Cobourg Peninsula).

Pseudochromis fuscus Müller and Troschel, 1849 Dusky Dottyback Pseudochromis fuscus Müller and Troschel, 1849: 23 (Celebes) .— Paxton et al. 1989: 519 (Cobourg Peninsula,

N.T.); Gill 2004: 119 (North Oxley Island, Coral Bay, Coburg Peninsula); Hoese et al. 2006: 1068 (NT; N

coast, Cobourg Peninsula). Pseudochromis furescus ? [sic]— Ramm 1997 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

Pseudochromis quinquedentatus McCulloch, 1926 Spotted Dottyback Pseudochromis (Leptochromis) quinquedentatus McCulloch, 1926: 190 (off Cape Capricorn, Queensland). Pseudochromis quinquedentatus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 338 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989:

520 (NT); Pender et al. 1992: 67 (western Gulf of Carpentaria); Gill 2004: 166 (North of Goulburn Islands;

N of Cape Stewart; SW of Groote Eylandt ); Hoese et al. 2006: 1069 (NT; N coast) .

Pseudochromis reticulatus Gill and Woodland, 1992

Reticulate Dottyback

Pseudochromis reticulatus Gill and Woodland, 1992: 248 (Glomar Shoal, Western Australia).— Gill 2004: 169 (E of Margaret Harries Bank; S of Evans Shoal); Hoese et al. 2006: 1069 (NT; N coast, east of Margaret Harries Bank).

S of Evans Shoal, Arafura Sea.

Pseudochromis wilsoni ( Whitley, 1929)

Yellowfin Dottyback

Leptochromis tapeinosoma wilsoni Whitley, 1929: 113 (Port Darwin, NT).— McCulloch 1929: 158 (Northern Territory).

Leptochromis tapeinosoma — McCulloch 1929: 158 (Northern Territory); Paxton et al. 1989: 521 (NT).

Pseudochromis wilsoni — Taylor 1964: 164 (East Point Reef; Yirrkalla); Larson 1988: 161 (Darwin Harbour); Paxton et al. 1989: 521 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 356 (Nightcliff shore reef; off NW tip East Point; Channel Island); Gill 2004: 183 (East Point Reef, Darwin; Port Darwin; Trepang Bay, Coburg Peninsula); Hoese et al. 2006: 1069 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).