Gobiopterus cf. macrolepis (Cheng)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 167

Gobiopterus cf. macrolepis (Cheng)

( Fig. 59 , [LU])

Native range. Pearl River Delta endemic, South China.

Distribution. Kowloon Reception Reservoir (Lai, 2011); Tai Lam Chung Reservoir (Lai, 2011; current study); Plover Cove Reservoir (GBIF.org, 2021).

Remarks. Native populations inhabit estuaries and lower courses of streams in the New Territories and Lantau Island. However, there are several non-native reservoir populations that are suspected to have been introduced through water transfers from mainland China (Lai, 2011).

Figures

Fig. 59. Gobiopterus cf. macrolepis, non-native specimen (top), Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, native specimen (female with eggs) (bottom), Kam Tin River.