Burrowing goby
📖 Overview
Lives in burrows excavated in clean sand, often in association with the sandprawn Callianassa kraussi . Restricted to sandy, quiet water areas and is unable to form burrows where the substrate is disturbed by water movements, is muddy or consists of sand with a particle diameter > 0.5 mm . Food consists of slow moving benthic organisms like chironomid larvae, gastropods, bivalves and amphipods . Breeds throughout summer, males are territorial . On exposed shores, they occur deeper than 3.5 m . Occasionally intertidal.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12. : elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Burrowing goby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous ; depth range 1 - 16 m . Subtropical; 25°S - 31°S South Africa, and southern Mozambique (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | burrowing goby · Estuarine Burrowing Goby · Naked Burrowing Goby · Naked Goby |
| 🌍AFR | Grawende Dikkop |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Мозамбикская кроила |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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