Meetings
of the Biodiversity & Ecology Journal Club
Department
of Biological Sciences, The National University of Singapore
"Gobies
of Singapore"
by
Helen K. Larson
Wednesday 20 February 2002: 4.00pm - 5.00pm
at
DBS Conference Room
Level 5, Block
S3, Science Drive 4, Science Faculty,
The National University of Singapore
Visitors
may park at Carpark 10.
See
map.
About the speaker
Dr Larson is the curator of Fishes Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin, AUSTRALIA.
Abstract
The
family Gobiidae (gobies) consists of generally small teleost fishes that
inhabit various aquatic habitats and come in all shapes and sizes. They
range from the tiny 1.5 cm Pandaka that no one cares about, to the gastronomically
important Oxyeleotris marmorata or 'soon hock' that grows to about 90 cm.
They occur in waters ranging from fresh to those of varying salinity, from
streams to oceans.
In Singapore, the largest diversity and biomass of gobies are found in estuarine
areas. Very little is known of the ecology and behaviour of many of the
over 120 recorded species recorded from Singapore. Even the taxonomic identities
of some species are in question. At least three species have been scientifically
described from Singapore mangroves during the past three years, and there
are several species still waiting to be named.
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