Nesogobius Whitley, 1929

Hoese, Douglass F. & Reader, Sally, 2006, Description of two new species of Nesogobius (Pisces: Gobioidei: Gobiidae) from southern Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63 (1), pp. 7-13 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D6859CA6-6BF6-4B31-99AC-D547BA6F6A94
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D96F8780-FFA3-3174-FCDA-F9E0AF42F8A2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Nesogobius Whitley, 1929
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Nesogobius Whitley, 1929 View in CoL

Nesogobius Whitley, 1929: 62 View in CoL (type species Gobius hinsbyi View in CoL

McCulloch and Ogilby, 1919, by original designation).

The genus is unique in Australia in having only 13 segmented caudal rays. The genus contains 11 species all confined to southern Australia from central New South Wales to Perth, Western Australia. Most species are known only from Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.