Threadfin mangrovegoby
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Inhabits mangrove creeks and estuaries, sometimes well into freshwater influence .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. Light brown to grey body with 7 - 9 short oblique dark blotches, bars or chevrons on sides, bars usually broken up into off-set pairs of blotches, anteriormost body marking a dark oblique shoulder bar, head with radiate or reticulate pattern of brown lines, broad brown band crossing branchiostegal membranes on underside of head . Second dorsal and anal rays always I,7; longitudinal scales 29-40; TRB 9-13; predorsal scales 13-21, small, reaching close up behind eyes, anteriormost scale somewhat larger than rest; scales on body mostly ctenoid; first spine of dorsal fin usually longest, filamentous (usually white and conspicuous) in adult males . Caudal fin rounded .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Threadfin mangrovegoby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Threadfin mangrovegoby.
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