Australian Museum Journal Sensory papilla patterns of the cheek lateralis system in the gobiid fishes Acentrogobius and Glossogobius, and their significance for the classification of gobioid fishes
- Shortform:
- Hoese, 1983, Rec. Aust. Mus. 35(5): 223–230
- Author(s):
- Hoese, Douglass F.
- Year published:
- 1983
- Title:
- Sensory papilla patterns of the cheek lateralis system in the gobiid fishes Acentrogobius and Glossogobius, and their significance for the classification of gobioid fishes
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 5
- Start page:
- 223
- End page:
- 230
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.35.1983.319
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 30 December 1983
- Cover date:
- 30 December 1983
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 30 January 2009
- Available online:
- 09 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 319
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (153kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1067kb PDF)
Abstract
The sensory papilla patterns of the cheek lateralis system are described and compared in various species of Acentrogobius and Glossogobius. Methods of studying and naming the papilla lines are discussed. Two basic patterns are recognized, a transverse pattern with several vertical papilla lines and two horizontal lines, and a longitudinal pattern with only horizontal lines. The significance of the orientation of the papillae within the lines and the development of ridges connecting the papillae in determining homologies is discussed. It is suggested that the transverse papilla pattern has developed independently in Glossogobius circumspectus and Acentrogobius viridipunctatus from structurally different longitudinal patterns.