title: First record of the gobiid fish Aulopareia ocellata (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island, The Gulf, with discussion of its generic placement.
abstract: The poorly known gobiid fish species Aulopareia ocellata is recorded for the first time from the intertidal zone of north-east Qeshm Island, The Gulf, Iran. The species has been referred to previously as Parachaeturichthys ocellatus, but here is placed in Aulopareia, pending a revision of the genus. The morphological features of A. ocellata are described and compared with congeners and brief comparisons of the genera Aulopareia and Parachaeturichthys are provided. A full description of the species is given, with illustration of the sensory papillae and head-pore pattern. This species has previously been recorded from India (Mumbai) and Pakistan (Karachi).
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries and Environment, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zare
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toorang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007492:Iran; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D013045:Species Specificity