Martin Fellows Gomon
gomon photo Senior Curator, Ichthyology

Museum Victoria
PO Box 666E
Melbourne, Victoria 3001

Street Address:

Museum Victoria
Carlton Gardens
Nicholson Street
Carlton, Victoria

1979 --

Natnl telephone:      03 8341 7435
Fax:      03 8341 7442
Internatl telephone:  +613 8341 7435
Fax:  +613 8341 7442

 

Email: mgomon@museum.vic.gov.au

 

Research Interests: Current Studies: Publications:
BSc Florida State University, 1967
MSc University of Miami, 1971
PhD University of Miami, 1979

Research Interests:

    Taxonomy:

    Urolophidae (Trygonoptera, Urolophus)

    Chlorophthalmidae (Chlorophthalmus)

    Moridae (Guttigadus)

    Trachichthyidae (Aulotrachichthys, Paratrachichthys, Optivus, Hoplostethus)

    Syngnathidae (Hippocampus)

    Triglidae (Lepidotrigla)

    Labridae (Bodianus, Cheilinus, Choerodon, Decodon, Xiphocheilus, Semicossyphus, Achoerodus, Clepticus, Anchichoerops, Lachnolaimus, Pseudodax)

    Odacidae (Neoodax, Haletta, Odax, Siphonognathus)

    Uranoscopidae (Kathetostoma, Xenocephalus = Gnathagnus, Pleuroscopus, Ichthyscopus, Uranoscopus)

    Soleidae (Aseraggodes, Zebrias, Arnoglossus)

     

    Biogeography:

    Australasia

     

    Biology:

    Gobiidae (Nesogobius, Acanthogobius, Tridentiger)

    Tripterygiidae (Fosterygion)

     

Current Studies:

    Descriptions of new Australian species of Trygonoptera and Urolophus (Urolophidae). (with: Yearsley & Last)

    A description of a new species of Chlorophthalmus (Chlorophthalmidae). (with: Nelson)

    Descriptions of new Australian species of Optivus and Paratrachichthys (Trachichthyidae).

    A review of the Hoplostethus mediterraneus species complex (Trachichthyidae).

    Descriptions of new Australian species of Guttigadus (Moridae). (with: Last)

    A revision of the Australian species of Lepidotrigla (Triglidae).

    A revision of the genus Bodianus (Labridae).

    A revision of the genera Cheilinus and Oxycheilinus (Labridae). (with: Westneat & Randall)

    A revision of the genus Choerodon (Labridae).

    Descriptions of new New Zealand species of Kathetostoma (Uranoscopidae). (with: McPhee)

    A description of a new Australian species of Uranoscopus (Uranoscopidae).

    Introduced gobiids and tripterygiids in Port Phillip Bay, Australia. (with: Lockett)

    A review of the Aseraggodes haackeanus species complex (Soleidae).

     

Publications:

Journal articles

    Gomon, M.F. 1970. Florida undersea parks. Ann. Rept. Amer. Malacological Union 170: 3-5.

    Colin, P.L. & M.F. Gomon. 1973. Notes on the behaviour, ecology and distribution of Lucayablennius zingaro (Pisces: Clinidae). Carib. J. Sci. 13(1-2): 59-61, 2 figs.

    Gomon, M.F. 1974. A new Eastern Pacific labrid (Pisces), Decodon melasma, a geminate species of the Western Atlantic D. puellaris. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 87(19): 205-216, 3 figs.

    Springer, V.G., Burhanuddin & M.F. Gomon. 1974. List of fishes collected during Rumphius Expedition. I. Oseanologi di Indonesia 1: 39-45.

    Springer, V.G. & M.F. Gomon. 1975. Revision of the blenniid fish genus Omobranchus with descriptions of three new species and notes on other species of the tribe Omobranchini. Smithson. Contrib. Sci. 177: i-iv, 1-135, 52 figs., 17 tables.

    Springer, V.G. & M.F. Gomon. 1975. Variation in the Western Atlantic clinid fish Malacoctenus triangulatus with a revised key to the Atlantic species of Malacoctenus. Smithson. Contrib. Sci. 200: 1-11, 3 figs., 3 tables.

    Gomon, M. F. & J.E. Randall. 1975. A new deep-water fish of the labrid genus Bodianus from Hawaii and the Ryukyu Islands. Bull. Mar. Sci. 25(3): 443-444.

    Gomon, M.F. 1977. A new genus and Eastern Pacific species of bodianine labrid fish. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 89(54): 621-630, 3 figs., 2 tables.

    Gomon, M.F. & J.E. Randall. 1978. Review of the Hawaiian fishes of the labrid tribe Bodianini. Bull. Mar. Sci. 28(1): 32-48, 6 figs., 1 table.

    Gomon, M.F. 1978. Labridae, pp. 615-628. In: W. Fischer (Ed.). FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fisheries Purposes, Central Western Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Rome: FAO.

    Gomon, M.F. & R. Lubbock. 1980. A new hogfish of the genus Bodianus (Teleostei: Labridae) from islands of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Northeast Gulf Sci. 3(2): 104-111, 3 figs., 1 table.

    Gomon, M.F. & W.D. Madden. 1981. Comments on the labrid fish subgenus Bodianus (Trochocopus) with a description of a new species from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Rev. fr. Aquariol. Herp. 7(4): 121-126, 3 figs., 1 table.

    Gomon, M.F. 1981. Labridae, 14 pp. In: Fischer, W., G. Bianchi & W.B. Scott (Eds.). FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fisheries Purposes. Central Eastern Atlantic (Fishing Areas 34, 47 (in part). FAO & Dept. Fish. Ocean., Ottawa.

    Gomon, M.F. 1984. Labridae, 83 pp., 3 pls. In: W. Fischer & G. Bianchi (Eds.). FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fisheries Purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Rome: FAO.

    Gomon, M.F. & J.R. Paxton. 1986. A revision of the Odacidae, a temperate Australian-New Zealand labroid fish family. Indo-Pacific Fish. 8: 1-57, figs. 1-21, colour pls 1-6.

    Gomon, M.F. & P.R. Last. 1987. New Australian Fishes. Part I. Introduction. Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(1): 1-2.

    Gomon, M.F. 1987. New Australian Fishes. Part 6. New species of Lepidotrigla (Triglidae), Choerodon (Labridae) and Zebrias (Soleidae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(1): 17-24, fig. 1.

    Gomon, M.F. & G.R. Allen. 1987. New Australian Fishes. Part 7. A new species of Choerodon (Labridae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(1): 26-26, fig. 1.

    Gomon, M.F. & R.H. Kuiter. 1987. New Australian fishes. Part 8. A new species of Aulotrachichthys (Trachichthyidae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(11): 27-30, fig. 1.

    Gomon, M.F. & P.R. Last. 1987. New Australian Fishes. Part 9. A new species of Kathetostoma (Uranoscopidae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(1): 31-34, fig. 1.

    Last, P.R. & M.F. Gomon. 1987. New Australian Fishes. Part 15. New species of Trygonoptera and Urolophus (Family Urolophidae). Mem. Mus. Vict. 48(1): 63-72, figs. 1-6.

    Kishimoto, H., P.R. Last, E. Fujii & M.F. Gomon. 1988. Revision of a deepsea stargazer genus Pleuroscopus. Japan. J. Ichthyol. 35(2): 150-158, figs. 1-5.

    Gomon, M.F. 1988. Fish taxonomy. In: Fish Diseases, Refresher Course for Veterinarians. Proc. 106, Post Graduate Comm. Veterinary Science, University of Sydney: 19-24.

    Wilson, R.S., G.C.B. Poore & M.F. Gomon. 1990. Marine habitats at Wilsons Promontory and the Bunurong Coast, Victoria: Report on a survey, 1982. Marine Science Laboratories Technical Report No. 73. 37 pp., 2 figs.

    Gomon, M.F. & P. Forsythe. 1991. Labridae. In: Quero, et al. (Eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). UNESCO.

    Gomon, M.F. 1995. Labridae, pp. 1201-1225. In: Fischer, Krupp, Schneider, Sommer, Carpenter, & Niem (Eds.). Guia FAO para la identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Vol III. Rome: FAO.

    Williams, A., P.R. Last, M.F. Gomon & J.R. Paxton. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the slope off Western Australia (20-35° S). Rec. W. Aust. Mus. 18: 135-155.

    Gomon, M.F. 1997. A remarkable new pygmy seahorse (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from southeastern Australia, with a redescription of H. bargibanti Whitley from New Caledonia. Mem. Mus. Vict. 56(1): 245-253, figs. 1-6.

    Gomon, M.F. 1997. Relationships of fishes of the labrid tribe Hypsigenyini. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3): 789-871, figs. 1-39, 4 tbls.

    Amaoka, K., M. Arai & M.F. Gomon. 1997. A new species of Arnoglossus (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from the southwestern coast of Australia. Ichthyol. Res. 44(2): 131-136, 3 figs, 3 tbls.

    Gomon, M.F. & F.J. Neira. 1998. Syngnathidae: Pipefishes and seahorses. Pp. 122-132. In: Neira, F.J., A.G. Miskiewicz & T. Trnski. (Eds). Larvae of Temperate Australian Fishes: Laboratory Guide for Larval Fish Identification. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands. 474 pp.

    Gomon, M.F. & J.W. Johnson. 1999. A new fringed stargazer (Uranoscopidae: Ichthyscopus) with descriptions of the other Australian species. Mem. Qld. Mus. 43 (2): 597-619, figs 1-10, 2 tbls.

    Last P.R., Gomon M.F. & D.C. Gledhill. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: Descriptions of three new, dark-spotted species, p 19-35. In: Last (Ed.) Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report 239 (Dec. 1999): 1-35.

Reports

    Poore, G.C.B., R.S. Wilson, M.F. Gomon & C.C. Lu. 1985. Museum of Victoria Bass Strait Survey, 1979-1984. (A final report to MRAAC on Marine Sciences and Technologies Grant Number 80/141.) Mus. Vic.: 1-32.

    Lockett, M.M. & M.F. Gomon. 1996. Distribution of exotic fishes in Port Phillip Bay. (A report to the CSIRO Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests.) Mus. Vic.: 1-42.

Books

    Gomon, M.F., C.J.M. Glover & R.H. Kuiter (Eds.). 1994. Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. State Print, South Australia. 997 pp.