@article {5022, title = {Visual census, photographic records and the trial of a video network provide first evidence of the elusive Sicyopterus cynocephalus in Australia}, journal = {Cybium}, volume = {41}, year = {2017}, month = {06/2017}, pages = {117-125}, abstract = {

Opportunistic encounters with an elusive large-bodied sicydiine goby in a single plunge pool led us to photograph and deploy three video cameras to detect individuals in that pool. Subsequently, a catchment-wide search indicated that the species, eventually identified as Sicyopterus cynocephalus, was confined to the single pool where it was originally detected. A network of ten video cameras was then deployed to estimate the number of individuals of that species and of a congener, S. lagocephalus, by non-destructive means. This study provides the first record of S. cynocephalus in Australia, and showcases the synergy of active snorkel searches and a remote camera network in counting individuals of two sympatric species of Sicyopterus.

}, keywords = {Australia, Coastal stream, Elusive species, First record, Gobiidae, Sicyopterus cynocephalus, Underwater video, Visual census}, author = {Ebner, Brendan C and Donaldson, James and Allen, Gerald and Philippe Keith} }