Congrogadus amplimaculatus (Winterbottom, 1980)
Largespot eel blenny
photo by CSIRO

Family:  Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks), subfamily: Congrogadinae
Max. size:  12.9 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Western Pacific: presently known only from the southern portion of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62-64; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 52-54; Vertebrae: 66-69. Opercle with a dark ocellated spot. Gill membranes fused to the isthmus. Posterior otic sensory canal pore absent. Preopercular canal usually with 7 pores. Large spots arranged in three rows where dorsalmost and ventralmost rows extending distally on bases of dorsal and anal fin bases.
Biology:  Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Collected from areas with substrates of sponges, sand, a little mud and few large shell fragments. Eggs with cruciform hooks on the surface.
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 04 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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