Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822)

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Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) – Native ( Fig. 428)

Gobius giuris Hamilton [F.] 1822: 51, 366; Type locality: Ganges River , India. Lectotype: whereabouts unknown.

Gobius gutum Hamilton [F.] 1822: 50, 366; Type locality: Ganges River, India. No types known.

Gobius russelii Cuvier [G.] 1829: 244; Type locality: India. Non-types: MNHN 0000–7198 (1) Puducherry. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991: 39 [ref. 19958] with MNHN 7198 as holotype.

Gobius catebus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837: 76; Type locality: Rangoon, Myanmar; Bengal; Puducherry; Malabar. Syntypes: MNHN A–1390 (1, described specimen) Rangoon, A–1907 (4) Bengal, A–2538 (1) Puducherry, 7199 (2) Malabar;?ZMB 2065 (1).

Gobius kora Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837: 77; Type locality: Coromandel, India. No types known.

Gobius kurpah Sykes [W. H.] 1839: 158; Type locality: Deccan, India. No types known.

Gobius platycephalus Richardson [J.] 1846: 204; Type locality: Macao, China Sea. Holotype (unique): Cambridge Philosophical Inst. (lost).

Gobius phaiospilosoma Bleeker [P.] 1849: 30; Type locality: Pasuruan , Java and Sumanap, Madura, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4456 .

Gobius sublitus Cantor [T. E.] 1849: 1163 [181]; Type locality: Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Holotype: BMNH 1860.3 .19.563 (skin, in jar).

Gobius platycephalus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852: 681; Type locality: Boror, Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 2108 (3) Tette [Tete].

Gobius spectabilis Günther [A.] 1861: 45; Type locality: India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1858.8 .15.74.

Gobius grandidierii Playfair [R. L.] 1868: 10; Type locality: Mouroundava River, Madagascar. Syntypes: (2) apparently lost.

Eleotris laticeps De Vis [C. W.] 1884: 692; Type locality: Queensland coast, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.220 (stuffed, in alcohol).

Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler [H. W.] 1934: 496; Type locality: St. Lucia Lake , 20 miles up, northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Holotype: ANSP 60250. Paratypes: ANSP 60248– 49 (1, 1).

Common name: Pr: Gav mahi cheshm navari, Rikoo, En: Tank goby.

Diagnosis: Distinguished by elongate body, anteriorly rounded and posteriorly compressed. Head depressed with elongated snout. Body covered by ctenoid and head by cycloid scales. Cheeks and operculum scaleless. Anterior nostril have a short tube, lower jaw prominent, tongue divided into two lobes, teeth in several rows in each jaw, operculum wide, isthmus narrow, and pectoral fin without free rays and base scaled.

Meristic characters: D 1: VI, D 2: I 7–9, A: I 7–9, P: 16–21, LS: 31–38, TV: 26–27.

Distribution: Makran basin ( Fig. 429). Also may be found in Hormuz basin.

Taxonomy: Roberts (1978) placed in Glossogobius .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Larson et al. 2016).