Chequered mangrove goby
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Mainly recorded from mangroves and estuaries, but also found in coastal freshwater streams .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8; Vertebrae: 25 - 27. Diagnosis: A moderate to large Mugilogobius with second dorsal and anal fin with 1 spine and 6-8 rays; pectoral fin rays 14-17; longitudinal scales 26-37; 12-16 circumpeduncular scales; predorsal scales 9-19, mostly small, central anteriormost scale immediately behind eyes always largest, anteriormost one to four scales larger than those posterior to them; scales on body mostly ctenoid; third spine of first dorsal fin most often longest; body brownish with 7-11 darker narrow diagonal bars, chevrons or X-shaped markings along sides, interspaces between chevrons or bars pale, forming chequered or banded pattern, two to three dark spots or short diagonal bars on caudal base .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Chequered mangrove goby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous ; depth range 0 - 5 m . Tropical Indo Pacific: from South Africa and Seychelles up to Japan, Pakistan, to the Indo-Malaysian archipelago, Papua-New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Australia and Santa Cruz Islands (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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