Redigobius chrysosoma
Spotfin Goby
Redigobius chrysosoma was collected by Michael Hammer at Tent Pole Creek, in the Wenlock River headwaters on Cape York, described as found “amongst the tangled mangrove tree roots” there; it has also been recorded further upstream in freshwater reaches around Cairns.
Compiled for Home of the Rainbowfish from ANGFA sources: J. Lenagan, “Cairns to Weipa and back… the Gobioides. Part 1”, Fishes of Sahul 33, 2019, pp. 1448–1483; J. Lenagan, “Cairns to Weipa and back, through a new lens: Part 2. Gobioides of the Wet Tropics”, Fishes of Sahul 34, 2020, pp. 1642–1657.