Glossogobius tenuiformis, Fowler, 1934

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 661

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17821332
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scientific name	Glossogobius tenuiformis
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Glossogobius tenuiformis View in CoL

Common name. Wadi Shab goby.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other Glossogobius in Iran by: ● middle rays in first dorsal prolonged / ● sensory papilla row 6 absent or very short, often only a few papillae long / ● each cheek line with 1 row of sensory papillae / ● caudal spade-shaped / ● upper part of opercle scaleless / ● 12–16 predorsal scales / ● 1+1+9–11, usually 1+1+10, gill rakers. Size up to 75 mm SL.

Distribution. Oman: Lower Wadi Shab and Wadi Hasi. Also known from South African coast from Mgeni in Eastern Cape to KwaZulu Natal. Expected to have a wider distribution and records from Sokotra seem to belong to this species.

Habitat. Lower and middle parts of streams that reach sea at least once every few years. Inhabit soft bottoms with sand, silt or hard bottoms with gravel and sell sediments. Expected to occur in many coastal habitats.

Biology. No data. Expected to be amphidromous, to spawn in freshwater habitats and larvae drift to sea.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Freyhof et al. 2020 (distribution, morphology); Al Jufalii et al. 2022 (redescription).

Mesogobius batrachocephalus ; Black Sea north of Varna, Bulgaria; 190 mm SL.